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Undeclared War : Twilight Zone of Constitutional Power Hardcover
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- Book Title
- Undeclared War : Twilight Zone of Constitutional Power Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780271003276
- Subject Area
- History, Political Science
- Publication Name
- Undeclared War : Twilight Zone of Constitutional Power
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania STATE University Press
- Subject
- United States / 20th Century, Constitutions, History & Theory
- Publication Year
- 1990
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Item Weight
- 20.5 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 260 Pages
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"During the 20th century," this book contends, "aggressive Presidents and supine Congresses have transformed the President's constitutional authority to defend the nation against attack into a virtually unlimited power to initiate undeclared war and military hostilities." New theories therefore are needed to guide Congress, President, and courts in future struggles over the distribution of the war powers. White House spokesmen since the Truman administration have reiterated a constitutional theory that confers inherent power on the President to dispatch and commit armed forces without congressional approval or consultation. This tendency was not reversed by congressional attempts to limit presidential warmaking following the Vietnam War; it was encouraged by the Federal courts' position in Vietnam cases that only "prolonged, irreconcilable legislative-executive conflict should serve as an invitation to judicial intervention in war-powers controversies." A major feature of the book is a thorough analysis of all the legal challenges to the President's conduct of the Vietnam War. The Vietnam cases are examined in light of British constitutional history, the framing, of the American Constitution, and judicial decisions from 1800 through the Korean War. This analysis furnishes the basis for the author's contention that the Supreme Court has led the nation into the "twilight zone of concurrent power"--encouraging "the legislature and the executive to fuse their separate powers of war and defense into a national war power whose only standard is the extraconstitutional one of success on the battlefield." In the modern era of guerrilla wars, national liberation movements, and police actions, the author recognizes the inadequacy of traditional distinctions between defensive and offensive wars upon which the Framers of the American Constitution divided the congressional war powers from the office of commander in Chief. Keynes concludes that, although the courts can play a limited role in restraining presidential power to conduct undeclared war, only Congress can effectively limit the President's conduct by insisting on a prior consensus regarding military intervention.
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Pennsylvania STATE University Press
ISBN-10
0271003278
ISBN-13
9780271003276
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Publication Name
Undeclared War : Twilight Zone of Constitutional Power
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
United States / 20th Century, Constitutions, History & Theory
Publication Year
1990
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
History, Political Science
Number of Pages
260 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9 in
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
20.5 Oz
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82-009854
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Scholarly & Professional
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Kf5060
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"This book deals with a great issue of constitutional government-how to allocate the power to make war. Only Congress can declare war, but formally declared wars are rare. The interesting questions under our Constitution concern how it allocates the power to engage in undeclared hostilities, or to authorize military or diplomatic measures that may lead to war. As Edward Keynes's subtitle suggests, these issues are in the 'Twilight Zone of Constitutional Power'. . . . The book is well written and interesting. The summary of the litigation sparked by the war in Vietnam is valuable." -Judge Abraham D. Sofia, American Historical Review, "Keynes's treatment of pertinent judicial decisions, especially those spawned by the Indochina conflict, is among the most complete now available." --W. Taylor Reveley III, Columbia Law Review, "A fresh examination of the 200-year-old question of presidential and congressional powers in military action and foreign policy, looking particularly at the accretion of power in the hands of the President and the degree to which the judicial branch has attempted, or should attempt, to make decisions in the twilight zone. It is a searching inquiry, ranging from the early years of the republic to the Vietnam War." --John C. Campbell Foreign Affairs, "This book deals with a great issue of constitutional government--how to allocate the power to make war. Only Congress can declare war, but formally declared wars are rare. The interesting questions under our Constitution concern how it allocates the power to engage in undeclared hostilities, or to authorize military or diplomatic measures that may lead to war. As Edward Keynes's subtitle suggests, these issues are in the 'Twilight Zone of Constitutional Power'. . . . The book is well written and interesting. The summary of the litigation sparked by the war in Vietnam is valuable." --Judge Abraham D. Sofia, American Historical Review, "Keynes's treatment of pertinent judicial decisions, especially those spawned by the Indochina conflict, is among the most complete now available." --W. Taylor Reveley III Columbia Law Review, "Keynes's treatment of pertinent judicial decisions, especially those spawned by the Indochina conflict, is among the most complete now available." -W. Taylor Reveley III, Columbia Law Review, "This book is clearly written, conceptually tight, and a worthy addition to constitutional literature." --Kenneth Paul Nuger, American Political Science Review (APSR), &"This book deals with a great issue of constitutional government&-how to allocate the power to make war. Only Congress can declare war, but formally declared wars are rare. The interesting questions under our Constitution concern how it allocates the power to engage in undeclared hostilities, or to authorize military or diplomatic measures that may lead to war. As Edward Keynes&'s subtitle suggests, these issues are in the 'Twilight Zone of Constitutional Power&'. . . . The book is well written and interesting. The summary of the litigation sparked by the war in Vietnam is valuable.&" &-Judge Abraham D. Sofia, American Historical Review, &"Keynes raises anew the questions suggested by the Vietnam conflict and an intelligent book which avoids hyperbole and the polemic thrust of much earlier writing. . . . The volume makes excellent use of broad-based literature and can serve as an extensive bibliographical source. Indeed, it might even be regarded as a basic primer in American constitutional theory which includes extensive elaboration of war powers concerns.&" &-Elliot E. Slotnick, Social Science Quarterly, "This book is clearly written, conceptually tight, and a worthy addition to constitutional literature." --Kenneth Paul Nuger American Political Science Review (APSR), "A fresh examination of the 200-year-old question of presidential and congressional powers in military action and foreign policy, looking particularly at the accretion of power in the hands of the President and the degree to which the judicial branch has attempted, or should attempt, to make decisions in the twilight zone. It is a searching inquiry, ranging from the early years of the republic to the Vietnam War." -John C. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, &"This book is clearly written, conceptually tight, and a worthy addition to constitutional literature.&" &-Kenneth Paul Nuger, American Political Science Review (APSR), "This well-organized and cogently written volume is accessible to upper-division students in history and political science. Treatment of the scholarly literature is extensive, and the credentials of the author are well established. A necessary acquisition on the presidency for academic libraries. Selected as 'An Outstanding Academic Book for 1983.'" -- Choice, "Keynes raises anew the questions suggested by the Vietnam conflict and an intelligent book which avoids hyperbole and the polemic thrust of much earlier writing. . . . The volume makes excellent use of broad-based literature and can serve as an extensive bibliographical source. Indeed, it might even be regarded as a basic primer in American constitutional theory which includes extensive elaboration of war powers concerns." --Elliot E. Slotnick Social Science Quarterly, &"A fresh examination of the 200-year-old question of presidential and congressional powers in military action and foreign policy, looking particularly at the accretion of power in the hands of the President and the degree to which the judicial branch has attempted, or should attempt, to make decisions in the twilight zone. It is a searching inquiry, ranging from the early years of the republic to the Vietnam War.&" &-John C. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, &"This well-organized and cogently written volume is accessible to upper-division students in history and political science. Treatment of the scholarly literature is extensive, and the credentials of the author are well established. A necessary acquisition on the presidency for academic libraries. Selected as 'An Outstanding Academic Book for 1983.&'&" &-Choice, &"Keynes&'s treatment of pertinent judicial decisions, especially those spawned by the Indochina conflict, is among the most complete now available.&" &-W. Taylor Reveley III, Columbia Law Review, "This book deals with a great issue of constitutional government--how to allocate the power to make war. Only Congress can declare war, but formally declared wars are rare. The interesting questions under our Constitution concern how it allocates the power to engage in undeclared hostilities, or to authorize military or diplomatic measures that may lead to war. As Edward Keynes's subtitle suggests, these issues are in the 'Twilight Zone of Constitutional Power'. . . . The book is well written and interesting. The summary of the litigation sparked by the war in Vietnam is valuable." --Judge Abraham D. Sofia American Historical Review, "Keynes raises anew the questions suggested by the Vietnam conflict and an intelligent book which avoids hyperbole and the polemic thrust of much earlier writing. . . . The volume makes excellent use of broad-based literature and can serve as an extensive bibliographical source. Indeed, it might even be regarded as a basic primer in American constitutional theory which includes extensive elaboration of war powers concerns." -Elliot E. Slotnick, Social Science Quarterly, "Keynes raises anew the questions suggested by the Vietnam conflict and an intelligent book which avoids hyperbole and the polemic thrust of much earlier writing. . . . The volume makes excellent use of broad-based literature and can serve as an extensive bibliographical source. Indeed, it might even be regarded as a basic primer in American constitutional theory which includes extensive elaboration of war powers concerns." --Elliot E. Slotnick, Social Science Quarterly, "A fresh examination of the 200-year-old question of presidential and congressional powers in military action and foreign policy, looking particularly at the accretion of power in the hands of the President and the degree to which the judicial branch has attempted, or should attempt, to make decisions in the twilight zone. It is a searching inquiry, ranging from the early years of the republic to the Vietnam War." --John C. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, "This well-organized and cogently written volume is accessible to upper-division students in history and political science. Treatment of the scholarly literature is extensive, and the credentials of the author are well established. A necessary acquisition on the presidency for academic libraries. Selected as 'An Outstanding Academic Book for 1983.'" -Choice, "This well-organized and cogently written volume is accessible to upper-division students in history and political science. Treatment of the scholarly literature is extensive, and the credentials of the author are well established. A necessary acquisition on the presidency for academic libraries. Selected as 'An Outstanding Academic Book for 1983.'" --Choice, "This well-organized and cogently written volume is accessible to upper-division students in history and political science. Treatment of the scholarly literature is extensive, and the credentials of the author are well established. A necessary acquisition on the presidency for academic libraries. Selected as 'An Outstanding Academic Book for 1983.'" - Choice, "This book is clearly written, conceptually tight, and a worthy addition to constitutional literature." -Kenneth Paul Nuger, American Political Science Review (APSR)
Copyright Date
1991
Dewey Decimal
347.302/62
Dewey Edition
19
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