For a Presidency That Is Strong without being Imperial.

Abstract

This special report considers the issue of congressional versus presidential dominance in the area of foreign policy. In the years following Vietnam and Watergate, Congress limited the authority of the President most notably with passage of the War Powers Resolution. The author contends that current congressional predominance is a move in the wrong direction. He concludes that post-Vietnam congressional reforms have undermined the capability of the executive to do what is inherently beyond the capacity of the legislature: to develop and administer a coherent and rational foreign policy. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 16, 1981
Accession Number
ADA096891

Entities

People

  • Joseph L. Nogee

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Congress
  • Executives
  • Foreign Policy
  • Foreign Relations
  • Governments
  • International Relations
  • Law
  • National Governments
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Political Science
  • Political Systems
  • Public Policy
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Strategic Security Studies