The U.S. Constitution and the Power to Go to War
Subtitle: Historical and Current Perspectives (Contributions in Military Studies)
Contributors: Gary M. Stern (Editor); Morton H. Halperin (Editor)
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: November 30, 1993
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780313289583
Subjects: Central government; Constitution: government & the state; Warfare & Defence; U.S. Constitutional History; Law; Politics / Current Events; History: American; USA; Constitutional; General; Law / Constitutional; Congresses; Constitutional history; Executive power; History; United States; War and emergency powers
First sentence: Under the Constitution, the ultimate authority to control the deployment of military forces lies with Congress.