Congress and the Cold WarThe 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 way for a congressional resurgence best symbolized by the passage of the War Powers Act in 1973. Instead, understanding the congressional response to the Cold War requires a more flexible conception of the congressional role in foreign policy, focused on three facets of legislative power: the use of spending measures; the internal workings of a Congress increasingly dominated by subcommittees; and the ability of individual legislators to affect foreign affairs by changing the way that policymakers and the public considered international questions. |
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... Foreign Aid Revolt of 1963 287 Appendix B The Senate and U.S. Involvement in Southeast Asia , 1970-1974 293 Appendix C The Senate of the New Internationalists , 1973-1976 Appendix D The House and the End of the Cold War , 1980-1985 300 ...
... Foreign Aid Revolt of 1963 287 Appendix B The Senate and U.S. Involvement in Southeast Asia , 1970-1974 293 Appendix C The Senate of the New Internationalists , 1973-1976 Appendix D The House and the End of the Cold War , 1980-1985 300 ...
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... foreign policy toward East Asia by aid- ing the nationalists in China's civil war . Finally , nationalists , such as the unscrupulous Pat McCarran , questioned any initiative that would threaten U.S. sovereignty and feared that an ...
... foreign policy toward East Asia by aid- ing the nationalists in China's civil war . Finally , nationalists , such as the unscrupulous Pat McCarran , questioned any initiative that would threaten U.S. sovereignty and feared that an ...
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... foreign aid was extensive from the program's inception , since overseas assistance so clearly derived from the appropria- tions power . Foreign aid also allowed the body in which all fiscal matters ... foreign aid xviii Prologue.
... foreign aid was extensive from the program's inception , since overseas assistance so clearly derived from the appropria- tions power . Foreign aid also allowed the body in which all fiscal matters ... foreign aid xviii Prologue.
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Robert David Johnson. revolt . " In the revolt's aftermath , foreign aid bills became a favorite vehicle for policy riders on issues as diverse as human rights , expropri- ation of U.S. - owned property , and the international policies ...
Robert David Johnson. revolt . " In the revolt's aftermath , foreign aid bills became a favorite vehicle for policy riders on issues as diverse as human rights , expropri- ation of U.S. - owned property , and the international policies ...
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... foreign aid revolt . After the 1973 military coup in Chile , representative Donald Fraser and senator Edward Kennedy opened hearings on Augusto Pinochet's human rights abuses ; Congress then enacted a series of measures to end U.S. ...
... foreign aid revolt . After the 1973 military coup in Chile , representative Donald Fraser and senator Edward Kennedy opened hearings on Augusto Pinochet's human rights abuses ; Congress then enacted a series of measures to end U.S. ...
Contents
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Legislative Power and the Congressional Right | 35 |
Redefining Congressional Power | 69 |
The Consequences of Vietnam | 105 |
The Transformation of Stuart Symington | 144 |
The New Internationalists Congress | 190 |
The Triumph of the Armed Services Committee | 242 |
Appendix A The Foreign Aid Revolt of 1963 | 287 |
Appendix B The Senate and U S Involvement in Southeast Asia | 293 |
The Senate of the New Internationalists 19731976 | 300 |
The House and the End of the Cold War 19801985 | 311 |
Index | 327 |
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Page 112 - Chief, to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression.
Page 214 - EVEN IF HE WERE MEDIOCRE, THERE ARE A LOT OF MEDIOCRE JUDGES AND PEOPLE AND LAWYERS. THEY ARE ENTITLED TO A LITTLE REPRESENTATION, AREN'T THEY, AND A LITTLE CHANCE? WE CAN'T HAVE ALL BRANDEISES AND FRANKFURTERS AND CARDOZOS AND STUFF LIKE THAT THERE.
Page 116 - We fight because we must fight if we are to live in a world where every country can shape its own destiny, and only in such a world will our own freedom be finally secure.
Page 117 - This is not a routine appropriation. For each Member of Congress who supports this request is also voting to persist in our effort to halt Communist aggression in South Vietnam. Each is saying that the Congress and the President stand united before the world in joint determination that the independence of South Vietnam shall be preserved and Communist attack will not succeed.
Page 155 - If we have to start over again with another Adam and Eve, I want them to be Americans; and I want them on this continent and not in Europe.
Page 278 - The national security of all the Americas is at stake in Central America. If we cannot defend ourselves there, we cannot expect to prevail elsewhere. Our credibility would collapse, our alliances would crumble, and the safety of our homeland would be put in jeopardy.
Page 18 - Whereas the United Nations is not now in a position to furnish to Greece and Turkey the financial and economic assistance which is immediately required; and Whereas the furnishing of such assistance to Greece and Turkey by the United States will contribute to the freedom and independence of all members of the United Nations in conformity with the principles and purposes of the Charter...
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Page 173 - Fiscal Year 1972 Authorization for Military Procurement, Research and Development, Construction and Real Estate Acquisition for the Safeguard ABM and Reserve Strengths, Hearings before the Senate Committee on Armed Services, 92 Cong. I sess (1971), Pt. 5; Department of Defense, "Fact Sheet