Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-326) and index.
Contents
Foreign and defense policy in Congress : an overview and preview / Randall B. Ripley and James M. Lindsay -- How congress influences foreign and defense policy / James M. Lindsay and Randall B. Ripley -- The fiscal straitjacket : budgetary constraints on congressional foreign and defense policy-making / Lance T. LeLoup -- The influence of constituents : congressional decision making on issues of foreign and defense policy / Eileen Burgin -- Interest group involvement in congressional foreign and defense policy / John T. Tierney -- Decision making in the Foreign Affairs and Foreign Relations Committees / James M. McCormick -- Decision making in the Armed Services Committees / Christopher J. Deering -- Decision making in the Appropriations Subcommittees on defense and foreign operations / Joseph White --Congressional party leaders in the foreign and defense policy arena / Barbara Sinclair -- Congress and defense policy-making for the post-cold war era / Paul N. Stockton -- Congress and diplomacy / James M. Lindsay -- Congress and foreign trade policy / Sharyn O'Halloran.
