Congress, the President, and Military Policy

Christopher J. Deering

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1988, vol. 499, issue 1, 136-147

Abstract: This article examines the changing role of Congress and the president in military policy. The argument is that the basic contours of the debate about executive versus legislative control of military policy have changed very little in 200 years, that, nonetheless, the balance of power in that relationship has shifted in favor of the executive, and that that shift is attributable largely to the substantial increase in the size of the standing military establishment under the direct command of the president. As a result, contemporary presidents, regardless of their inclinations, are in a substantially different position from that of their predecessors during the 200-year history of the Constitution.

Date: 1988
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DOI: 10.1177/0002716288499001011

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