Monographie

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

Type de contenu
  • Texte
Type de médiation
  • sans médiation
Type de support
  • Volume
Titre(s)
  • Waging war : the clash between presidents and Congress, 1776 to ISIS / David J. Barron
Auteur(s)
Publication
  • New York (N.Y.) [etc.] : Simon & Schuster, 2017
Description matérielle
  • 1 vol. (XIV-560 pages) : ill., portr. ; 22 cm
ISBN
  • 978-1-4516-8197-0
  • 1-4516-8197-6
  • 978-1-4516-8198-7
  • 1-4516-8198-4
Classification décimale Dewey
  • 342.730 412
Note sur les bibliographies et les index
  • Index
Note sur le contenu
  • 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
Résumé ou extrait
  • Présentation de l'éditeur : "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 Continental Congress over Washington's plan to burn New York City before the British invasion. Congress ordered him not to, and he obeyed. Barron takes us through all the wars that followed: 1812, the Mexican War, the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World Wars One and Two, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and now, most spectacularly, the War on Terror. Congress criticized George W. Bush for being too aggressive and Barack Obama for not being aggressive enough, but it avoided a vote on the matter. By recounting how our presidents have declared and waged wars, Barron shows that these executives have had to get their way without openly defying Congress. Waging War shows us our country's revered and colorful presidents at their most trying times -- Washington, Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Johnson, both Bushes, and Obama. Their wars have made heroes of some and victims of others, but most have proved adept at getting their way over reluctant or hostile Congresses. The next president will face this challenge immediately -- and the Constitution and its fragile system of checks and balances will once again be at the forefront of the national debate."
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