| War and Responsibility: Constitutional Lessons of Vietnam and Its Aftermath Contributor(s): Ely, John Hart (Author) |
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ISBN: 0691025525 ISBN-13: 9780691025520 Publisher: Princeton University Press OUR PRICE: $50.35 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1995 Annotation: 'The author, a prominent expert on constitutional law, argues in an entertaining style that the framers of the Constitution clearly intended to give Congress a decisive voice in a decision to go to war, but that Congress itself has repeatedly evaded this responsibility.'--Francis Fukuyama, Foreign Affairs |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Law Enforcement - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 347.302 |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 6.16" W x 9.28" (0.80 lbs) 254 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Twenty years after the signing of the Paris Accords, the constitutional ambiguities of American involvement in the Vietnam War remain unresolved. John Hart Ely examines the overall constitutionality of America's role in Vietnam; and shows that Congress authorized each new phase of American involvement without committing itself to the stated aims of intervention. |