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The reagan wars: A Constitutional perspective on war powers and the presidency

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Ronald Reagan's term in office was punctuated by four significant employments of military force: the deployment of Marines to Lebanon; the intervention in Grenada; the air strikes against Libya; and the deployment of naval forces to the Persian Gulf. In the aftermath of each of these military operations, critics ques- tioned the constitutional basis for such unilat- eral presidential war-making, arguing that Congress alone is empowered to declare war.

Debates over whether the President failed to comply with the statutory requirements of the War Powers Resolution further compli- cated these constitutional disagreements. In The Reagan Wars, David Hall seeks to over-

come a key source of confusion in these heated debates the failure to distinguish between the wisdom of Reagan's actions and their le- gality. He demonstrates that the circum- stances under which the Constitution permits unilateral presidential war-making were pres- ent when President Reagan waged war be- tween 1980 and 1988. Hall first considers the thinking of the Constitution's Framers on the question of war powers and the subsequent two hundred years of judicial interpretation regarding the proper balance between congressional and presidential authority to make war. In light of this historical back- ground, he then closely examines the facts and the legal circumstances of each of the four "Reagan wars." Hall's thought-provoking con- clusions deserve the attention of anyone in- terested in the role of the Constitution in U.S. foreign policy-making.

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Ketersediaan

2024-1206

342.730412 Hal r

Perpustakaan Diplomasi

Tersedia

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342.730412 Hal r

Penerbit

United Kingdom : Westview Press., 1991

Deskripsi Fisik

xi, 279 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

0813311985

Klasifikasi

342.730412

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Pernyataan Tanggungjawab

David Locke Hall

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