The National Security Constitution: Sharing Power after the Iran-Contra Affair (Yale Fastback Series)

By Harold Hongju Koh

Book Overview

In this important new book, Harold Hongju Koh presents the definitive historical and constitutional analysis of the Iran-contra affair, arguing that it was symptomatic of a chronic dysfunction in America's foreign policy process. Combining practical knowledge of government with insights from law, history, and political science, Koh discusses the implications of the Iran-contra scandal for the constitutional conduct of national security policy--our 'National Security Constitution'--and offers prescriptions to improve the way the United States could conduct its foreign affairs into the next century.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300044925
• ISBN13: 9780300044928
• Release Date: September 1990
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.3" x 5.8"