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Waging War: The Clash Between Presidents and Congress, 1776 to ISIS. By David J. Barron. Simon & Schuster, 2016. $30. ISBN 978- 1-45168-197-0.
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American wars are not always fought between armies on bloody battlefi elds. According to law profes- sor and Department of Justice legal counsel David J. Barron, many are fought between presidents and Congress over the constitu- tional power to declare and wage war.
The ability to declare
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war is one of many checks and balances between the executive and legislative branches; Barron’s lucid history explains political and legal confl icts as U.S. presidents have exercised their war powers with both bravado and restraint, often fi nding acceptable middle ground with Congress. Vivid presidential ex- amples include John Adams facing a hostile Congress during the Quasi-War with France, Abraham Lincoln’s handling of Congress dur- ing the Civil War, Theodore Roosevelt’s ambitions and a doubtful Congress, and Gerald Ford’s Cold War
balancing act with the War Powers Resolution.
Navies in the 21st Century. Edited by Conrad Waters. Naval Institute Press, 2016. $49.95. ISBN 978-1-47384-991-4.
Editor Conrad Waters and 15 contribu- tors present an engaging analysis of world navies — large and small, littoral and blue-water — in the 21st century, with keen insight into defense spending, force structure, shipbuilding, and technical developments, to satisfy a wide variety of sea power roles and missions. This publication de- scribes the naval force composition of major naval powers including China, France, Great Britain, Rus- sia, and the U.S. as well as other strategic navies like Brazil, Germany, India, Japan, the two Koreas, Swe- den, and smaller African, European, Indian Ocean, and Middle Eastern navies. Chapters highlight war- ship designs for aircraft carriers, amphibious ships, auxiliary vessels, and submarines. Contributors off er cogent conclusions about each navy’s actual war-fi ghting capabilities that will surprise many sea power advocates. — William D. Bushnell
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