In the midst of the Cold War, Congress delegated broad authority to the executive branch to develop the country's first comprehensive peace time export control system. Since that time, the executive and legislative branches have periodically disagreed over the purpose and scope of U.S. export control policy. At no time has export control policy been more controversial than in the last two decades when concern over the U.S. international trade and payments positions and American competitive ness has brought export control issues to the forefront.

Yet, in his timely book, William Long points out that today U.S. export control policy remains largely the tool of the executive branch's national security and foreign policy objectives. Long explores how and why executive prerogatives still dominate U.S. export control policy despite the resurgence of congressional authority in foreign ...

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