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020			_a9780195077056
024			_a904780616
050			_aUA23
082			_a355.033073
100	1		_aBarry M. Blechman
245	1		_aThe Politics of National Security
260			_bOxford University Press, Incorporated
300			_a272 pages
520			_aOver the past twenty years, a revolution has occurred in relations between the American executive and legislative branches. Once a passive observer of the President's decisions on defense policy, the Congress has assumed a more aggressive role in decisions on the defense budget, arms control, war powers, sales of weapons abroad, and covert operations. Based on interviews with members of Congress and their staffs, The Politics of National Security describes and analyzes this fundamental change in the United States political system, concentrating on the political factors behind the Congress' greater assertiveness.
650			_aGovernment
650			_aPolitics
700	1		_aW. Philip Ellis (Other)
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