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War powers : the politics of constitutional authority
- Author
- Zeisberg, Mariah Ananda, 1977-
- Title
- War powers : the politics of constitutional authority / Mariah Zeisberg.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2013]
- Description
- 276 pages ; 24 cm
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
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- Who Has the Authority to Take the Country to War?
- Presidential Discretion and the Path to War : the Mexican War and World War II
- "Uniting Our Voice at the Water's Edge" : Legislative authority in the Cold War and Roosevelt Corollary
- Defensive War : the Cuban Missile Crisis and Cambodian Incursion
- Legislative Investigations as War Power : the Senate Munitions Investigation and Iran-Contra
- The Politics of Constitutional Authority.
- [Summary]
- Who Has the Authority to Take the Country to War? -- Presidential Discretion and the Path to War : the Mexican War and World War II -- "Uniting Our Voice at the Water's Edge" : Legislative Authority in the Cold War and Roosevelt Corollary -- Defensive War : the Cuban Missile Crisis and Cambodian Incursion -- Legislative Investigations as War Power : the Senate Munitions Investigation and Iran-Contra -- The Politics of Constitutional Authority.
- Subject headings
- Separation of powers--United States--History. War and emergency powers--United States--History.
- ISBN
- 9780691157221 (hardcover) 0691157227 (hardcover)
- Standard Identifier
- 40022545263