Acting Alone: How Presidents Justify the Initiation of Hostilities

• In Event: Presidential History

Brief Overview

This paper examines how “constitutional mismatch” has allowed the U.S. presidency to absorb war powers over time. Drawing on theorists like Locke, Blackstone, and Montesquieu, it analyzes Korea, Grenada, and Libya as case studies.

Author

• Hance McCain Winingham, Baylor University