num_pages: 259
description: It is usually asssumed, in doomsday scenarios, that it is the President of the United States who will be called upon to push--or not to push--the nuclear button in response to Russian attacks upon NATO or other allies. But does the president in fact have the power to do this without a declaration of war or other congressional approval? In First Use of Nuclear Weapons , ten eminent legal scholars and congressional experts debate this question, focusing on Dr. Jeremy T. Stone's proposal for a congressional leadership committee to approve presidential requests for authority to order such an attack. Encompassing a wide political spectrum of debate, this volume offers important new insights on an issue of the utmost national urgency.
language: English
title: First Use of Nuclear Weapons: Under the Constitution, Who Decides?
titlecomplete: First Use of Nuclear Weapons: Under the Constitution, Who Decides? (Contributions in Legal Studies)
publisher: Praeger