Table of Contents:
  • The constitutional framework
  • Precedents from 1789 to 1900
  • America steps out: 1900-1945
  • The UN Charter and Korea
  • Taking stock: 1951-1964
  • Vietnam and the war powers resolution
  • Military initiatives from Ford to Bush I
  • Military actions by Clinton
  • George W. Bush
  • Barack Obama
  • Covert operations
  • Restoring checks and balances.