Title The wartime president : executive influence and the nationalizing politics of threat / William G. Howell, Saul P. Jackman and Jon C. Rogowski

Published Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume) Series Chicago series on international and domestic institutions Chicago series on international and domestic institutions. Contents pt. 1. Background -- pt. 2. Theorizing about interbranch bargaining during war -- pt. 3. Empirical investigations -- pt. 4. Conclusion Summary "It is the nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of the legislative authority," wrote Alexander Hamilton in the Federalist Papers. The balance of power between Congress and the president has been a powerful thread throughout American political thought since the time of the Founding Fathers. And yet, for all that has been written on the topic, we still lack a solid empirical or theoretical justification for Hamilton's proposition. For the first time, William G. Howell, Saul P. Jackman, and Jon C. Rogowski systematically analyze the question. Congress, they show, is more likely to defer to the president's policy preferences when political debates center on national rather than local considerations. Thus, World War II and the post-9/11 wars in Afghanistan and Iraq significantly augmented presidential power, allowing the president to enact foreign and domestic policies that would have been unattainable in times of peace. But, contrary to popular belief, there are also times when war has little effect on a president's influence in Congress. The Vietnam and Gulf Wars, for instance, did not nationalize our politics nearly so much, and presidential influence expanded only moderately. Built on groundbreaking research, The Wartime President offers one of the most significant works ever written on the wartime powers presidents wield at home Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject War and emergency powers. War and emergency powers -- United States -- History -- 20th century Executive power -- United States. Politics and war. LAW -- Constitutional. LAW -- Public. Executive power Politics and war War and emergency powers United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Jackman, Saul P Rogowski, Jon C LC no. 2012051427 ISBN 9780226048420 022604842X 1299737668 9781299737662

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