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02962aam a2200385 i 4500 001 D0C0D66A6B5711E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 150105s2015 njua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2014044323 020 $a 0691151628 020 $a 9780691151625 020 $a 069115161X 020 $a 9780691151618 035 $a (OCoLC)894625153 040 $a DLC $e rda $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCF $d CDX $d OCLCO $d YUS $d OCL $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a JK585 F69 2015 100 1 $a Fowler, Linda L., $d 1945- $e author. 245 10 $a Watchdogs on the hill : $b the decline of congressional oversight of U.S. foreign relations / $c Linda L. Fowler. 264 1 $a Princeton, New Jersey : $b Princeton University Press, $c [2015] 300 $a xviii, 260 pages ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 650 0 $a Legislative oversight $z United States. 650 0 $a International relations. 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government. 941 $a 3 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718092201.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20220506012007.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191210015419.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D0C0D66A6B5711E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search