Making American Foreign Policy President--Congress Relations from the Second World War to the Post--Cold War Era

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ISBN: 9780847679461 | 0847679462
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 2/28/1995

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Expanded from the original edition to include the post-Cold War era, Making American Foreign Policy explores the struggle between the President and the Congress to shape U.S. foreign policy from World War II, through Vietnam and 'Operation Desert Storm,' to the Clinton Administration's policy in Somalia. Case studies make the book especially useful for classroom teaching and the six common themes identified give students a more focused understanding of foreign policy formulation.

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction	p. 1
Research Design	p. 1
Constitutional Setting	p. 2
The Cases Studied	p. 7
Congress and Collective Security: The Resolutions of 1943	p. 15
The President Sets the Stage	p. 15
Republicans to Be Consulted	p. 17
The House Acts First	p. 20
Hull Facilities Congressional Action	p. 21
The Senate Follows Suit	p. 24
Congress and Bipartisanship: The Formation of NATO, 1949	p. 31
Bipartisan Conditions	p. 31
Forming NATO	p. 33
Fully Bipartisan?	p. 35
Congressional Opposition	p. 37
The Treaty Approved	p. 41
Congress and Franco Spain: The Pact of Madrid, 1953	p. 47
Franco Spain and U.S. Foreign Policy	p. 47
The Spanish Lobby	p. 50
The Administration Weakens	p. 57
Negotiations and Agreement	p. 64
Congress and the Cold War: U.S.-China Policy, 1955	p. 69
Truman and Chiang Kai-shek	p. 70
Dulles and Eisenhower	p. 70
The New Look	p. 71
Legislative-Executive Relations	p. 72
Into the Abyss	p. 74
Hitting First	p. 76
Ridgway Not Consulted	p. 77
Lehman, Langer, and Morse	p. 78
UN Agenda Items	p. 81
Treaty Ties Approved	p. 82
Congress and the Middle East: The Eisenhower Doctrine, 1957	p. 85
Dulles and the Middle East	p. 87
Congress and the High Dam	p. 89
Dulles and the Doctrine	p. 91
A Bipartisan Strategy	p. 94
Dulles under Fire	p. 97
The Senate Balks	p. 101
The Senate Consents	p. 105
Kennedy and the Congress: The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, 1963	p. 109
Early Attempts	p. 109
Kennedy's Efforts	p. 112
Congressional Doubts	p. 113
A Bipartisan Strategy	p. 116
Dirksen's Role	p. 122
Nixon Versus the Congress: The War Powers Resolution, 1973	p. 127
Constitutional Setting	p. 127
Political Context	p. 130
Nixon and the War	p. 132
Congressional Assertiveness	p. 134
The War Powers Resolution	p. 136
Nixon versus the Congress	p. 141
Reagan and the Congress: The Grenada Intervention, 1983	p. 145
Cuba on My Mind	p. 145
Decision to Intervene	p. 147
Combat and Congressional Response	p. 149
The Trust Factor	p. 153
Congress and the Gulf War: From Desert Shield to Desert Storm, 1991	p. 157
Wars Past	p. 157
Desert Shield	p. 159
Congressional Resistance	p. 161
Authorizing War	p. 163
Common Themes and a Look at Clinton's Congressional Relations	p. 169
Constitutional Issues	p. 170
Common Themes	p. 173
Clinton and the Congress	p. 186
Clinton, the Congress, and Somalia	p. 189
App. A. Fulbright and Connally Resolutions	p. 191
App. B. Vandenberg Resolution	p. 193
App. C. Formosa Resolution	p. 195
App. D. War Powers Resolution	p. 197
App. E. Authorization for Use of Military Force against Iraq Resolution	p. 203
Notes	p. 205
Bibliography	p. 231
Index	p. 245
About the Author	p. 253
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Making American Foreign Policy President--Congress Relations from the Second World War to the Post--Cold War Era

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