Tonkin Gulf Resolution — Bunk History

Lyndon Johnson with advisors including Robert McNamara and Dean Rusk.

It’s Time for Congress to Wrest Its War-Making Authority Back From the President

If the U.S. government is going to wage unending war, it should at least get the public on its side.

by Marc J. Selverstone via Made By History on February 23, 2018

Richard Nixon pointing to a map of Cambodia.

The Unhappy Legal History of the War Powers Resolution

How the law became a staging ground for unrestrained war.

by Mary L. Dudziak via Modern American History on July 8, 2023

It Will Take More Than Congress to Cure America’s War Addiction

All that talk about "reclaiming" congressional war powers? Historically, Congress has applauded presidential wars.

by Gunar Olsen via The New Republic on February 6, 2019

An Unlikely Hardliner, George H. W. Bush Was Ready to Push Presidential Powers

Though he ended up seeking congressional approval for the Gulf War, Bush was unconvinced he needed it – saying he would have gone regardless of the vote.

by Kate Keller via Smithsonian on May 14, 2018

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