Title: War Powers: The Politics of Constitutional Authority
Description: 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.
Subjects: Political Process, War and emergency powers, Separation of powers, Leadership, POLITICAL SCIENCE, Military, LAW, History