After the Rubicon - Congress, Presidents, and the Politics of Waging War

Informationen zum Autor Douglas L. Kriner is assistant professor of political science at Boston University and coauthor of The Casualty Gap: The Causes and Consequences of American Wartime Inequalities. Klappentext When the United States goes to war! the nation's attention focuses on the president. This title reveals that even in politically sensitive wartime environments! individual members of Congress frequently propose legislation! hold investigative hearings! and engage in national policy debates in the public sphere. Zusammenfassung When the United States goes to war! the nation's attention focuses on the president. This title reveals that even in politically sensitive wartime environments! individual members of Congress frequently propose legislation! hold investigative hearings! and engage in national policy debates in the public sphere.

Product details

• Authors: Douglas L. Kriner, KRINER DOUGLAS L, Kriner Douglas L.
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2010
• EAN: 9780226453569
• ISBN: 978-0-226-45356-9
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: Chicago Series on Internationa; Chicago Series on International and Domestic Institutions
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; USA, HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, HISTORY / Military / United States, International Relations, Political leaders & leadership, United States of America, USA, Political leaders and leadership, War and defence operations, War & defence operations