Mises Review
Just War Against Terror: The Burden of American Power in a Violent World, by Jean Bethke
Professor Elshtain is troubled. Many intellectuals do not realize the need for a forceful American response to world Islamic terrorism.
The Case Against the Democratic State: An Essay in Cultural Criticism, by Gordon Graham
Gordon Graham challenges practically the whole of reigning orthodoxy in political philosophy in his remarkable book. To the bien pensants of political theory, "political participation" and "democratic decision-making"
Epistemological Problems of Economics, by Ludwig von Mises
As every reader of Human Action knows, Ludwig von Mises devoted much attention to methodology. Many people interested in Austrian economics turn from his discussions of the a priori and verstehen in bafflement and boredom.
After The Terror, by Ted Honderich
As all readers of The Mises Review know, I always endeavor to avoid saying something bad about a book. But I cannot forbear from stating that Professor Honderich's book is a cheap and tawdry affair.
The Nomos of the Earth in the International Law of the Jus Publicum Europaeum, by Carl Schmitt
Carl Schmitt offers a fundamental criticism of a way of thinking about politics and power. If he is right, some libertarians, among many others, have fallen victim to a radically misconceived view of political action, especially as regards war.
Launching Liberalism: On Lockean Political Philosophy, by Michael Zuckert
Professor Zuckert has taken on a task that not even his outstanding scholarly and philosophical abilities enable him to accomplish.
Being Reconciled: Ontology and Pardon, by John Milbank
I expected better of John Milbank. He is a theologian of great distinction, the leading theorist of the influential Radical Orthodoxy movement. Would not so profound a thinker offer us illuminating ideas on economics?
Controversial Essays, by Thomas Sowell
It is always agreeable to be proved right. In an earlier review, I suggested that Thomas Sowell "had a genius for the striking fact and the apt analogy."
The War Over Iraq: Saddam’s Tyranny and America’s Mission, by Lawrence F. Kaplan and William Kristol
This book frightens me. The authors do not confine themselves to a justification of the American invasion of Iraq, which began shortly after their book was published.