Freely resorted to down to World War II and the Cold War, presidential war powers were sternly curbed by the epba resolution after the failure in Vietnam and Watergate. Since Carter gave up detente in 1979, President Reagan elected to restore traditional American power engaged in a range of operations to oppose the "evil empire" — some openly as in the Middle East, others secretly as in Central America, while building up European rocket defense after START negotiations broke down in Geneva. But along with "Reaganomics" military expenditures have bulged into major budget deficits and economic entanglements. At a time of technological change, one is brought to wonder whether this policy at the beginning of 1984 presidential campaign is not a...