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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]

References

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

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[ballot-1] Bolt, Ernest C. Jr. (1977). Ballots Before Bullets: The War Referendum Approach to Peace in America, 1914–1941. Charlottesville, Virginia: University Press of Virginia. pp. xii–xiii. ISBN 978-0-8139-0662-1.

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-A '''War referendum''' is a type of [[referendum]] in which citizens decide whether a nation should go to war.
+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.<ref name="ballot">{{Cite book
+|last=Bolt
+|first=Ernest C. Jr.
+|year=1977
+|title=Ballots Before Bullets: The War Referendum Approach to Peace in America, 1914–1941
+|url=https://archive.org/details/ballotsbeforebul0000bolt
+|url-access=registration
+|location=Charlottesville, Virginia
+|publisher=University Press of Virginia
+|pages=xii–xiii
+|isbn=978-0-8139-0662-1
+}}</ref>
+==See also==
-The earliest idea of a war referendum came from [[marquis de Condorcet]] in 1793 and [[Immanuel Kant]] in 1795.<ref name="ballot"> {{cite book
+*[[Direct democracy]]
-| last = Bolt, Jr.
+*[[Ludlow Amendment]]
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-| authorlink =
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-| year =1977
-| title =Ballots Before Bullets, The War Referendum Approach to Peace in America 1914-1941
-| publisher =University Press of Virginia
-| location =Charlottesville
-| id =ISBN 0813906628
-}}p. xii-xiii</ref>
-==Notes==
+==References==
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+[[Category:Kantianism]]
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+[[Category:Referendums by issue]]
+[[Category:War and politics|Referendum]]
+[[Category:Chronology of war|Referendum]]
+[[Category:Military reform referendums| ]]
+[[Category:Proposed referendums]]
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