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Congress and the Nation is the most authoritative reference on congressional trends, actions, and political and policy controversies. This award-winning series documents the most fiercely debated issues in recent American politics, providing a unique retrospective analysis of the policies the U.S. Congress. Organized by policy area, each chapter contains summaries of legislative activity, including bills passed, defeated, or postponed. No other authoritative source guides readers seamlessly through the policy output of the national legislature with the breadth, depth, and authority of Congress and the Nation.
Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy
Introduction
The final collapse of South Vietnam in 1975 left in question the role the United States would play overseas in the aftermath of the longest war in the nation's history.
Many in Congress called for a careful reassessment of U.S. foreign policy ...