War Powers

War Powers is a constitutional authority vested in political institutions to initiate, conduct, or conclude armed conflict, distinguished by its placement within the executive or legislative branches and its derivation from legal and institutional frameworks governing national defense and military decision-making.

416

Publications

18.4K

Citations

492

Authors

154

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

Variants

War-making Powers

Parents

Executive PoliticsExecutive PowerLegislative PowerSeparation Of Powers

Children

Armed Conflict AuthorizationCollective Security AuthorizationsCongressional Authorization Of ForceCongressional War Powers OversightEmergency War PowersExecutive-legislative Bargaining Over ForceGulf Of Tonkin ResolutionHostage Rescue OperationsHostilities ThresholdInherent Presidential Power

Publications

416

Bombing to Win: Air Power and Coercion in War

Eliot A. Cohen, Robert A. Pape · Foreign Affairs · 1996 · 663 citations

Social Sciences, Conflict Studies, Political Violence +11

The Pursuit of Power: Technology, Armed Force, and Society since A.D. 1000

Gordon A. Craig, Willian H. McNeill · The American Historical Review · 1983 · 616 citations

Social Sciences, Conflict Studies, Political Science +14

Military power: explaining victory and defeat in modern battle

Stephen Biddle · Choice Reviews Online · 2005 · 471 citations

Social Sciences, Political Science, Military History +14

The Sinews of Power: War, Money and the English State, 1688-1783

Jacob M. Price, John D. Brewer · The Journal of Interdisciplinary History · 1990 · 468 citations

Humanities, History, Economic History +10

Germany and Japan: The New Civilian Powers

Hanns W. Maull · Foreign Affairs · 1990 · 450 citations

Law, Administrative Law, International Relations +12

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Authors

492

LF
Louis Fisher
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
8 publications · 215 citations
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JC
J. C. A. Stagg
Louisiana State University, United States
5 publications · 99 citations
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GS
Gaddis Smith
Fulbright Commission, United Kingdom
4 publications · 495 citations
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MP
Melvyn P. Leffler
Vanderbilt University, United States
4 publications · 438 citations
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EA
Eliot A. Cohen
Johns Hopkins University, United States
3 publications · 798 citations
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Institutions

154

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Venues

Choice Reviews Online
CRO · 53 publications · 3.5K citations
26
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The American Historical Review
AHR · 37 publications · 2K citations
20
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Foreign Affairs
20 publications · 2.3K citations
17
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Military Affairs
17 publications · 672 citations
14
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Journal of American History
23 publications · 477 citations
14
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