How did the powers of the U.S. President and the U.S. Congress, as well as their relation, change during the Vietnam War?

Essay from the year 2010 in the subject History of Germany - Postwar Period, Cold War, grade: 1,0, , course: U.S. History: World War II to Present, language: English, abstract: For many reasons, the Vietnam War poses an outstanding chapter in the history of the United States. First, it proved to be America’s longest war, involving mass casualties (over 58,000 U.S. soldiers died during the Vietnam ...