UNITED STATES: Debate sharpens over 'war powers'

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  • Floundering military campaign
  • Political backlash
  • Constitutional war powers
  • Non-executive centric model
  • Textual grants
  • 'Offensive' vs 'defensive' wars
  • Power of the purse
  • Commander-in-chief powers
  • Theory in practice
  • Contemporary statutory precedents
  • Vietnam
  • Angola
  • Nicaragua
  • Somalia

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