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Parent topics
- War [r]: A state of violent conflict which exists between two or more independent groups, each seeking to impose its will on the other. [e]
- Declaration of war [r]: Add brief definition or description
- U.S. constitutional law [r]: Interpretation and implementation of the United States Constitution, the principal authority for which being the Supreme Court of the United States [e]
- U.S. Constitution [r]: The document defining the fundamental purpose and structure of the United States government; it became effective in 1789. [e]
- War Powers Resolution [r]: 1973 U.S. law setting limits on Presidential authority to conduct hostilities without Congressional authorization [e]
Subtopics
- 9-11 Attack [r]: The largest terrorist attack on the continental United States of America, occurring on September 11, 2001, using hijacked airliners as suicide weapons against major buildings. [e]
- NATO [r]: Intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949, with its headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. [e]
- Afghanistan War (2001-) [r]: Beginning on October 7, 2001, in response to the 9-11 attacks, military operations against the Taliban and al-Qaeda by United States and NATO forces [e]
- Fred Ikle [r]: Researcher and professor of international affairs, especially negotiation and decisionmaking; Distinguished Scholar, Center for Strategic and International Studies; subcabinet national security official in multiple Republican administrations; advisory council, The National Interest; board of advisers, American Foreign Policy Council; Board Member, Defense Forum Foundation; Board member, U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea; member Defense Policy Board; Governor, Smith Richardson Foundation; former head of the social science department of the RAND Corporation [e]
- Gulf War [r]: The conflict started by the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990, and ended with the liberation of Kuwait and major damage to Iraqi forces, by a US-led UN coalition in 1991. [e]
- Gulf of Tonkin Resolution [r]: An incident or incidents between U.S. and North Vietnamese naval forces in August 1964, the details of which remain unclear to both sides; perceived as an attack on U.S. forces and used by Lyndon B. Johnson to obtain the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution authorizing large-scale combat involvement in the Vietnam War [e]
- Vietnam War [r]: A post-colonial independence/Cold War conflict between communist North Vietnam against South Vietnam, assisted by the United States (1955-1975), to unify Vietnam; won by North Vietnam in 1975. [e]
- Weinberger-Powell Doctrine [r]: A set of guidelines, developed by Caspar Weinberger and restated by Colin Powell, for when the United States should go to war [e]