Foundations for the Future: The University of Cambridge - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0521483670 ISBN 13: 9780521483674

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1995

Riassunto

A lavishly illustrated account of major achievements at the University of Cambridge.

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Descrizione del libro

Foundations for the Future provides an account of important achievements at the University of Cambridge in selected areas including philosophy, classics and archaeology, molecular biology and medicine. Produced to coincide with a major exhibition of University culture, the book is lavishly produced and includes nearly 100 illustrations.

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The first historical interpretation of the congressional response to the entire Cold War. Using a wide variety of sources, including several manuscript collections opened specifically for this study, the book challenges the popular and scholarly image of a weak Cold War Congress, in which the unbalanced relationship between the legislative and executive branches culminated in the escalation of the U.S. commitment in Vietnam, which in turn paved the way for a congressional resurgence best symbolized by the passage of the War Powers Act in 1973. Instead, understanding the congressional response to the Cold War requires a more flexible conception of the congressional role in foreign policy, focused on three facets of legislative power: the use of spending measures; the internal workings of a Congress increasingly dominated by subcommittees; and the ability of individual legislators to affect foreign affairs by changing the way that policymakers and the public considered international questions.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0521483670
• ISBN 13: 9780521483674
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 74
• Redattore: Holt J. C.
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile