Congress and the Cold War

by Robert David Johnson

Book Overview

The first historical interpretation of the congressional response to the entire Cold War. Using a wide variety of sources, including several manuscript collections opened specifically for this study, the book challenges the popular and scholarly image of a weak Cold War Congress, in which the unbalanced relationship between the legislative and executive branches culminated in the escalation of the US commitment in Vietnam, which in turn paved the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521528852
• ISBN13: 9780521528856
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 382 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"