CSPAN2 Book TV After Words February 15, 2010
: world war ii. the argument then was we are in such a new era of atomic warfare that if we were attacked or there was an impending attack or threatened attack there is no time to talk to anybody to consult congress to get a declaration of war. the president alone has to make the decision like that and either anticipate or retaliate, and so at that moment unusual industry while unique in history, he was given the sole power over the launching of a nuclear attack consider that. that is an extraordinary thing. >> host: end of the world. >> guest: could be. and of course cheney fault th...
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