Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. PART ONE. THE PRECEDENT
6. 1 How the Iran-Contra Investigators Failed: An Autopsy 11
7. 2 Recognizing the Pattern of History 38
8. PART TWO. THE PROBLEM
9. 3 The National Security Constitution We Inherited: From the Founding to the National Security Act 67
10. 4 The Iran-Contra Affair as an Assault on the Postwar National Security Constitution 101
11. 5 Why the President Almost Always Wins in Foreign Affairs: Executive Initiative and Congressional Acquiescence 117
12. 6 Why the President Almost Always Wins in Foreign Affairs: The Problem of Judicial Tolerance 134
13. PART THREE. THE PRESCRIPTION
14. 7. Restoring the National Security Constitution: Some Guiding Principles 153
15. 8 Restoring the National Security Constitution: Some Specific Proposals 185
16. 9 A National Security Constitution for the Posthegemonic Age 208
17. Notes 229
18. Index 331