Obama at War: Congress and the Imperial Presidency

During President Barack Obama's first term in office, the United States expanded its military presence in Afghanistan and increased drone missile strikes across Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia. The administration also deployed the military to combat piracy in the Indian Ocean, engaged in a sustained bombing operation in Libya, and deployed U.S. Special Forces in Central Africa to capture or kill Joseph Kony. In these cases, President Obama decided to use force without congressional approval. Yet, t

Author: Ryan C. Hendrickson
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 06/05/2015
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.30w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780813160948

Review Citation(s):
Choice 10/01/2015

About the Author

Ryan C. Hendrickson is professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University. He is the author of Diplomacy and War at NATO: The Secretary General and Military Action after the Cold War and The Clinton Wars: The Constitution, Congress, and War Powers.

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