Oeuvres / Virgile

• Record Nr.: UNISOBSOBE00039759
• Autore: Vergilius Maro, Publius
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Paris : Les belles lettres
• Descrizione fisica: v. ; 20 cm
• Collana: Collection des Universités de France
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Francese; Latino
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Testo originale a fronte

Watchdogs on the hill : the decline of congressional oversight of U.S. foreign relations / / Linda L. Fowler

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910817024903321
• Autore: Fowler Linda L. <1945->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Princeton, New Jersey ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Princeton University Press, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 0-691-15162-8; 1-4008-6646-4
• Edizione: [Course Book]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (279 pages) : illustrations
• Classificazione: POL006000POL040010HIS036060POL011000
• Disciplina: 328.73/0746
• Soggetti: Legislative oversight - United States; International relations; United States Foreign relations; United States Politics and government
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- PART I. Information, Regular Order, and Democratic Accountability in International Affairs -- PART II. Oversight Hearings and Regular Order in U.S. Foreign Relations -- PART III. Reclaiming Congressional War Powers -- APPENDIX A. Coding Congressional Committee Hearings -- APPENDIX B. Description of Dependent and Independent Variables -- APPENDIX C. Methodological Appendix to Chapter 3 -- APPENDIX D. Methodological Appendix to Chapter 4 -- APPENDIX E. Methodological Appendix to Chapter 5 -- References -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: An essential responsibility of the U.S. Congress is holding the president accountable for the conduct of foreign policy. In this in-depth look at formal oversight hearings by the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations committees, Linda Fowler evaluates how the legislature's most visible and important watchdogs performed from the mid-twentieth century to the present. She finds a noticeable reduction in public and secret hearings since the mid-1990s and establishes that American foreign policy frequently violated basic conditions for democratic accountability. Committee scrutiny of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, she notes, fell below levels of oversight in prior major conflicts.Fowler attributes the drop in watchdog activity to growing disinterest among senators in committee work, biases among members who join the Armed Services and Foreign Relations committees, and motives that shield presidents, particularly Republicans, from public inquiry. Her detailed case studies of the Truman Doctrine, Vietnam War, Panama Canal Treaty, humanitarian mission in Somalia, and Iraq War illustrate the importance of oversight in generating the information citizens need to judge the president's national security policies. She argues for a reassessment of congressional war powers and proposes reforms to encourage Senate watchdogs to improve public deliberation about decisions of war and peace.Watchdogs on the Hill investigates America's national security oversight and its critical place in the review of congressional and presidential powers in foreign policy.

The evening leader

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910850873403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Tarpon Springs, Florida : , : The Leader Publishing Company
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Disciplina: 071.3
• Soggetti: Greek Americans; Sponge trade; Newspapers.; Tarpon Springs (Fla.) Newspapers; Pinellas County (Fla.) Newspapers; Florida Pinellas County; Florida Tarpon Springs
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Periodico
• Note generali: H.W. Morford, editor.
• Sommario/riassunto: The Evening Leader (sn96027122) began publication in the early 1900s in Tarpon Springs, FL under the guidance of H.W. Morford, who served as manager and editor, and E.T. Byington, the associate editor. The four-page paper was printed daily (except Sundays) and published every afternoon, not evening, as its name would suggest. The Leader informed its readers of international events such as World War I, the US occupation of Veracruz during the Mexican Revolution, and the 1918 pandemic. The paper reported on major national events, with coverage often appearing on the front page of every issue. The election leading to Woodrow Wilson's second presidency, the operation of the Panama Canal, and the development of the Federal Trade Commission were just some of the events featured in its earlier publication years.-; Although the Leader featured national and global news, it primarily reported on happenings from Tarpon Springs and neighboring towns, offering readers coverage of local politics and government. Social and personal news sections appeared regularly, providing a glimpse of local ; life with notes on social gatherings and hotel arrivals. Sporting events, both local and national, are highlighted frequently. The Leader also featured advertisements for various goods, including but not limited to lumber, banking, and sponges. Tarpon Springs is a city on Florida's Gulf coast that traces its origins to pioneer settlements in the 1870s. Rumors say it acquired its name after fish (tarpon) were spotted "springing" from the bayou. The first incorporated city in what would later become Pinellas County, Tarpon Springs was incorporated in 1887. The city became home to Greek immigrants in the 1880s. Today, Tarpon Springs is home to the largest Greek community in the United States. In 1905, J.K.-; Cheyney, a local businessman, partnered with John Cocoris, a businessman of Greek descent from New York City, to recruit 500 men from the Dodecanese region of the Greek islands as sponge divers. Unlike in Key West, where local spongers used long poles to harvest sponge, the Greeks employed diving techniques in Tarpon Springs. The difference in approach proved fruitful and allowed Tarpon Springs to flourish and become the "sponge capital of the world." Within a few years, Tarpon Springs welcomed new Greek residents who changed the city's culture. These newcomers opened Greek restaurants, bakeries, and grocery stores that flourished and provided a semblance of the motherland. By 1907, the first Greek church in the city, the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, was founded. A celebration is held annually on the sixth of January for Epiphany (known initially as Greek Cross Day).-; This city-wide celebration is quite the attraction, drawing visitors from all over who travel to join in on the festivities.