Imbalance of Powers: Constitutional Interpretation and the Making of American Foreign Policy

by Gordon Silverstein

Book Overview

The Vietnam War and the Watergate aftermath made it apparent that the increase in executive power which followed World War II needed to be redressed. Congress tried to balance the separation of powers by passing a number of laws that were designed to assert legislative authority in foreign policy. However, the efforts by Congress to achieve its stated objectives consistently failed. Using the struggle over power and control of American foreign policy,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195104773
• ISBN13: 9780195104776
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"