THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
An Online Journal of Political Commentary & Analysis
Volume II, Issue # 1, June 10-December 31, 1999
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
Government Committed to & Acting in Accord with Conservative Principles
Ensures a Nation's Strength, Progress, & Prosperity
HOW AMERICA GOES TO WAR:
THE PRESIDENT, AMERICAN LAW, & U.S. MILITARY
INTERVENTION INTO FOREIGN CONFLICTS
CONTENTS
A. The War Powers--Public Debate & Controversy
B. Constitutional Allocation of the War Powers
C. The Allocation & the Intent of the Founders
D. The Founders' Intent & Late Twentieth-Century Reality
E. U.S. Military Actions Without Declarations of War--The Post-World War II Era, 1945-1999
F. U.S. Military Actions Without Declarations of War--United States History, 1789-1999
G. Development of an Independent Presidential War-Making Power
Hamilton's View of the Presidential War-Making Power
The Power of Congress to Declare War
The President's Use of Article XLIII of the U.N. Charter
The President's Use of the Joint Resolution
The President's Reliance on Prerogative Theory
H. Vietnam & Independent Presidential War-Making
I. The New Mood of Withdrawal & Congressional Revolt
A Resurgence of Isolationism
The Brewing Congressional Revolt
The Impact of the System of Checks & Balances
The Impact of Partisan Politics
The Impact of Human Nature
The Congressional Revolt in Progress
J. The War Powers Act of 1973--Key Provisions
Purpose & Rationale of the War Powers Act
Consultation Requirements under the War Powers Act
Reporting Requirements under the War Powers Act
The War Powers Act & Restrictions on Presidential Action
K. Constitutionality of the War Powers Act
L. Presidential War-Making under the War Powers Act
President Ford & the War Powers Act
President Reagan & the War Powers Act
President Bush & the War Powers Act
President Clinton & the War Powers Act
Intervention into the Civil War in Somalia
Military Action Against Iraq
Intervention into the Political Turmoil in Hati
Intervention into the Ethnic Conflict in Bosnia
Continuing Military Engagement with Iraq
Intervention into the Kosovo-Yugoslav War
M. Montenegro--The Next Occasion for U.S. Intervention?
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