The politics of national security : Congress and U.S. defense policy / Barry M. Blechman with the assistance of W. Philip Ellis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blechman, Barry M., author.

Contributor:

Ellis, W. Philip, contributor.

Series:

Twentieth Century Fund book.

Oxford scholarship online.

A Twentieth Century Fund book

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Congress.

Local Subjects:

United States. Congress.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii,249p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Based on interviews with US Congress members and their staff, this study explains why Congress has taken an expanded role in the formulation of US national defence policies. The author describes how these changes came about and their consequences for American interests.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

1. The Congress and Defense Policy Since Vietnam

2. The Military Budget and the Management of Defense Resources

3. Arms Control

4. Arms Sales

5. Covert Operations

6. War Powers

7. Reappraising the Congressional Role in Defense Policy

Notes

Index

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Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1992.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-773386-7

9786610442584

1-4237-6481-1

0-19-536027-3

1-60129-896-X

OCLC:

437173411