Waging war : the clash between presidents and Congress, 1776 to ISIS

Waging war : the clash between presidents and Congress, 1776 to ISIS / David J. Barron.

The Constitution states that it is Congress that declares war, but it is the presidents who have more often taken us to war and decided how to wage it. Author David Barron, United States Circuit Judge for the United States Court of Appeals, opens with an account of George Washington and the Continen...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barron, David J. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2016.
Edition:First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Subjects:
United States. > Congress > History.
IS (Organization)
War and emergency powers > United States > History.
War, Declaration of > United States > History.
Constitutional history > United States.
Presidents > United States > History.
Executive power > United States > History.
Legislative power > United States > History.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. Foundings : The Revolutionary War
  • The founding
  • Quasi war
  • The good officer
  • The man on horseback
  • Antebellum
  • Part 2. Civil War and its aftermath : Confronting secession
  • The war comes
  • The war ends
  • Imperialism
  • Part 3. World wars : The Great War
  • Preparing for World War II
  • Total war
  • Part 4. Cold war and beyond : Korea and absolute war powers
  • War in Indochina and congressional resurgence
  • The imperial presidency and the end of the President's war
  • The new normal
  • Post-Cold War
  • The global war on terrorism
  • Iraq.

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