Congress and the foreign policy process : modes of legislative behavior /

Congress and the foreign policy process : modes of legislative behavior /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Crabb, Cecil Van Meter, 1924-
Other Authors: Antizzo, Glenn J., Sarieddine, Leila E.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2000]
Series:Political traditions in foreign policy series.
Subjects:
United States. > Congress.
Presidents > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > 1945-1989.
United States > Foreign relations > 1989-
Table of Contents:
  • Legislative activism and foreign affairs
  • Congressional influence before 1787
  • The Revolutionary War and its aftermath
  • The War of 1812
  • The pre-World War II isolationist era
  • Legislative assertiveness after the Vietnam War
  • Congressional acquiescence in the foreign policy field
  • The Louisiana Purchase
  • Acquisition of the Panama Canal site
  • The Lend-lease program
  • The Tonkin Gulf Resolution
  • Bipartisan collaboration in the decision-making process
  • Bipartisanship: meaning and implications
  • Prerequisites of genuine bipartisanship
  • World War II and postwar planning
  • The European Recovery Program
  • The Taiwan Relations Act
  • The division-of-labor model of executive-legislative relations
  • The Persian Gulf War: an overview
  • The president's role in the Persian Gulf crisis
  • Congress's contribution to decision making
  • Interest groups and the legislation process.