Ruths recompence: or a commentarie vpon the booke of Ruth wherein is shewed her happy calling out of her owne country and people, into the fellowship and society of the Lords inheritance: her vertuous life and holy carriage amongst them: and then, her rew

• Record Nr.: UNISA996394506303316
• Autore: Bernard Richard
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: England, : Printed by Felix Kyngston, and are to be sold by Simon Waterson
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

The politics of national security : Congress and U.S. defense policy / / Barry M. Blechman with the assistance of W. Philip Ellis

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910969652403321
• Autore: Blechman Barry M.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023
• ISBN: 0-19-773386-7; 9786610442584; 1-4237-6481-1; 0-19-536027-3; 1-60129-896-X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii,249p.)
• Collana: A Twentieth Century Fund book; Oxford scholarship online
• Disciplina: 355.033073
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 1992.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- 1. The Congress and Defense Policy Since Vietnam -- 2. The Military Budget and the Management of Defense Resources -- 3. Arms Control -- 4. Arms Sales -- 5. Covert Operations -- 6. War ; Powers -- 7. Reappraising the Congressional Role in Defense Policy -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
• Sommario/riassunto: Based on interviews with US Congress members and their staff, this study explains why Congress has taken an expanded role in the formulation of US national defence policies. The author describes how these changes came about and their consequences for American interests.