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24 Va. J. Int'l L. 513 (1983-1984)
Book Reviews

handle is hein.journals/vajint24 and id is 523 raw text is: BOOK REVIEWS THE WAR PowERs RESOLUTION: ITS IMPLEMENTATION IN THEORY AND PRACTICE. By Robert F. Turner. Philadelphia: Foreign Policy Research Institute, 1983, xviii, 147 pp. Reviewed by JOHN C. CRUDEN* Conceived in anger, written as a compromise between two irrec- oncilable congressional proposals, and ignored or violated in prac- tice, the War Powers Resolution' remains the most controversial effort to define and limit the President's war-making authority in our nation's history. Since its inception in 1973, no major presiden- tial initiative involving forces abroad - from the evacuation of U.S. citizens from Saigon and Pnom Penh to the ill-fated Iranian rescue attempt to the recent Grenada incursion - has escaped the complaint that the Resolution has been violated in spirit or in practice. Nevertheless, each Chief Executive has made herculean efforts to pacify Congress, thereby avoiding confrontation, while si- multaneously taking action to avoid complying with its terms. This seemingly contradictory effort is a facet of modern day executive- congressional relations that should be examined and resolved. * Lieutenent Colonel, Chief, Administrative and Civil Law Division, U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's School The views expressed herein are those of the reviewer and do not necessarily represent those of the U.S. Army or any other governmental agency. 1. 50 U.S.C. § 1541(c) (1976). The Resolution has ten sections, including a purpose and policy provision which purports to define the three constitutional methods by which the President, as Commander-in-Chief, can introduce U.S. forces into ho3tilitie3. The most criti- cal sections require consultation before and reporting after forces are committed into actual or imminent hositilities, limit such actions to 90 days without congressional approval, and allow Congress to order removal of committed forces at any time by concurrent resolution, the so-called legislative veto.

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