War referendum explained

A war referendum is a proposed type of referendum in which citizens would decide whether a nation should go to war. No such referendum has ever taken place. The earliest idea of a war referendum came from the Marquis de Condorcet in 1793 and Immanuel Kant in 1795.^[1]

See also

• Direct democracy
• Ludlow Amendment

Notes and References

1. Book: Bolt , Ernest C. Jr. . 1977. Ballots Before Bullets: The War Referendum Approach to Peace in America, 1914–1941. registration. Charlottesville, Virginia. University Press of Virginia. xii–xiii. 978-0-8139-0662-1.