Domestic politics and waging war -- Mechanisms of congressional influence -- Partisan politics and the initiation, scale, and duration of war -- Congressional actions and the conduct of war -- "Sitting ducks" : Marines in Beirut, 1982-84 -- The logic of congressional action -- Congressional constraints and the War on Terror.
Summary
When the United States goes to war, the nation's attention focuses on the president. As commander in chief, a president reaches the zenith of power, while Congress is supposedly shunted to the sidelines once troops have been deployed abroad. Because of Congress's repeated failure to exercise its legislative powers to rein in presidents, many have proclaimed its irrelevance in military matters. After the Rubicon challenges this conventional wisdom by illuminating the diverse ways in which legislators influence the conduct of military affairs.
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