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After the Rubicon : Congress, presidents, and the politics of waging war / Douglas L. Kriner.

Author/creator Kriner, Douglas L.
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoChicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2010.
Descriptionx, 322 pages ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)
United States. Congress--Powers and duties.
Executive-legislative relations--United States.
Politics and war--United States.
Executive power--United States.
United States--Military policy.
United States--History, Military.
Series Chicago series on international & domestic institutions
Chicago series on international and domestic institutions. ^A1036228
Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [287]-313) and index.
LCCN 2010018918
ISBN9780226453552 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780226453569 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0226453553 (alk. paper)
ISBN0226453561 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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