... on steroids" (pg. 1) by granting the chief executive a broad mandate to direct warfare and to conduct foreign policy. Schlesinger also believes that the threat of nuclear war with the Soviet Union after World War II, "led to congress surrendering much of its oversight of military and diplomatic matters" (pg. 1). He also believes that congress should be the one making the ... final call on decisions regarding wars. Schlesinger states that leading to the Korean War was the first major conflict that was conducted with no congressional declaration of war. Congress believes that ... the Con...

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