Congressional Resurgence and the Destabilization of US Foreign Policy

Abstract

This article will explain how Congress reasserted itself during the Vietnam War and thereafter. Essentially, I will argue that congressional reactions to the war itself were less significant than the statutes Congress imposed on the executive branch as a result of the Vietnam War. Those statutes have dramatically restrained the presidency in conducting national security affairs. The result of these laws is the domestication, the democratization, and the destabilization of national security policy making.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA516915

Entities

People

  • Wallace E. Walker

Organizations

  • United States Military Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

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

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Congress
  • Foreign Policy
  • Foreign Relations
  • Government (Foreign)
  • Governments
  • International Trade
  • Law
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Political Science
  • Public Policy
  • Social Sciences
  • Southeast Asia
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.