War and Presidential Power : A Chronicle of Congressional Surrender by Thomas...

Description: WAR AND PRESIDENTIAL POWER A Chronicle of Congressional SurrenderThomas F. EagletonLiveright, 1974first edition, first printing assumed with no other printings noted Hardcover in dust jacket5.75" X 8.33"225 pages followed by bibliography and index (240 total pages)not illustrated Content pages in photos above From dust jacket flap: "In 1973 the Ninety-third Congress passed a new statute, the War Powers Resolution which was enacted to 'fulfill the intent of the framers of the Constitution of the United States and to insure that the collective judgment of both the Congress and the President will apply to the introduction of the United States Armed Forces into hostilities." It does no such thing. Instead, it gives the President up to ninety days in which to wage war, to commit American troops to battle before any specific Congressional consent is required. It is Senator Eagleton's contention that in fact Congress surrendered its Constitutional prerogatives to gain a Pyrrhic victory. Part I ...probes the Constitutional principles of the founding fathers and examines the way we have gone to war in the past... Part II, in addition to being an absorbing account of the realities of the legislative process, provides all the arguments a concerned citizen might need to restore to the Congress..." Condition: Clean and tight. Slight spine lean. No ownership, no writing. One very small blue dot on first free endpaper. First fifty pages has a mild waffle at bottom edges. Clean covers with straight corners under dust jacket. Dust jacket has light edge wear at top edges, a tear and small loss at top front corner. One small spot on back of jacket. Bubble wrapped and shipped in a padded mailer or recycled box.

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