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• catalog abstract "Former Secretary of the Navy John Lehman here confronts one of the momentous issues of American history and the American present--the contending prerogatives of the president and Congress in making war. Lehman, a lively controversialist and scholar, examines the history of American military decision making from the Revolutionary period to the Gulf War. Whose power is it to declare war, to carry it out, and to sustain its course and bring it to an end? In addressing these major constitutional questions, Lehman is vibrantly contemporary, too, writing as a government insider to offer a exceptionally vivid perspective on Operation Desert Storm and recent military actions in Grenada, Libya, Lebanon, and Panama. Arguing vehemently for the primacy of presidential over congressional power, Lehman adds crucial new details to our understanding of the post-Vietnam era of American politics. Characteristically, Lehman pulls no punches. He sheds provocative new light on congressional investigations into Watergate and Iran-Contra, authoritatively demonstrating the ways in which Congress has created crippling impediments to presidential power. Yet he provides a fresh understanding of the essential role Congress must play in committing the nation to war, and he enumerates how presidents from Jefferson to Bush have interpreted--and misinterpreted--the powers grated them as commander in chief. John Lehman's enlightening new book makes a invaluable contribution as to whether responsible judgments will be made if and when the nation must again confront the crucial decision of making war.".
• catalog contributor b3663029.
• catalog created "c1992.".
• catalog date "1992".
• catalog date "c1992.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1992.".
• catalog description "Desert Storm -- Theory, Law, and Politics -- From the Shores of Tripoli to the War Powers Act -- From the War Powers Act to Tripoli's Shores -- Making Treaties Instead of War -- The Power of Inquisition -- Keeping Secrets -- Covert Action and the Invasions of Panama -- The Power of Money.".
• catalog description "Former Secretary of the Navy John Lehman here confronts one of the momentous issues of American history and the American present--the contending prerogatives of the president and Congress in making war. Lehman, a lively controversialist and scholar, examines the history of American military decision making from the Revolutionary period to the Gulf War. Whose power is it to declare war, to carry it out, and to sustain its course and bring it to an end? In addressing these major constitutional questions, Lehman is vibrantly contemporary, too, writing as a government insider to offer a exceptionally vivid perspective on Operation Desert Storm and recent military actions in Grenada, Libya, Lebanon, and Panama. Arguing vehemently for the primacy of presidential over congressional power, Lehman adds crucial new details to our understanding of the post-Vietnam era of American politics. Characteristically, Lehman pulls no punches. He sheds provocative new light on congressional investigations into Watergate and Iran-Contra, authoritatively demonstrating the ways in which Congress has created crippling impediments to presidential power. Yet he provides a fresh understanding of the essential role Congress must play in committing the nation to war, and he enumerates how presidents from Jefferson to Bush have interpreted--and misinterpreted--the powers grated them as commander in chief. John Lehman's enlightening new book makes a invaluable contribution as to whether responsible judgments will be made if and when the nation must again confront the crucial decision of making war.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-282) and index.".
• catalog extent "xvii, 297 p. ;".
• catalog hasFormat "Making war.".
• catalog identifier "068419239X :".
• catalog isFormatOf "Making war.".
• catalog issued "1992".
• catalog issued "c1992.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : Scribner's ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International,".
• catalog relation "Making war.".
• catalog spatial "United States".
• catalog subject "342.73/062 347.30262 20".
• catalog subject "Executive power United States History.".
• catalog subject "KF5060 .L44 1992".
• catalog subject "United States. Congress Powers and duties History.".
• catalog subject "War and emergency powers United States History.".
• catalog subject "World politics 19th century.".
• catalog subject "World politics 20th century.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Desert Storm -- Theory, Law, and Politics -- From the Shores of Tripoli to the War Powers Act -- From the War Powers Act to Tripoli's Shores -- Making Treaties Instead of War -- The Power of Inquisition -- Keeping Secrets -- Covert Action and the Invasions of Panama -- The Power of Money.".
• catalog title "Making war : the 200-year-old battle between the president and Congress over how America goes to war / John Lehman.".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".