The Virtue of War: Reclaiming the Classical Christian Traditions East and West, by Alexander F.C. Webster and Darrell Cole, and Christianity and War and Other Essays Against the Warfare State, by Laurence M. Vance

Thou Shalt Kill, or Not?

Mises Review 11, No. 1 (Spring 2005)

THE VIRTUE OF WAR: RECLAIMING THE CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN TRADITIONS EAST AND WEST
Alexander F.C. Webster
Darrell Cole
Regina Orthodox Press, 2004, Iii + 252 pgs.

CHRISTIANITY AND WAR AND OTHER ESSAYS AGAINST THE WARFARE STATE
Laurence M. Vance
Vance Publications, 2005,  x + 118 pgs.   

The Changing Face of Economics: Conversations with Cutting Edge Economists, by David Colander and Richard P.F. Holt

On the Cutting-Room Floor

Mises Review 11, No. 1 (Spring 2005)       

THE CHANGING FACE OF ECONOMICS: CONVERSATIONS WITH CUTTING EDGE ECONOMISTS
David Colander, Richard P.F. Holt, and J. Barkley Rosser, Jr., Editors
University of Michigan Press, 2004, x + 358 pgs.

Remembered Past: John Lukacs on History, Historians, and Historical Knowledge: A Reader, by Mark G. Malavasi and Jeffrey O. Nelson, eds.

Blunders, Lies, And Other Historicist Habits

Mises Review 11, No. 2 (Summer 2005)

REMEMBERED PAST: JOHN LUKACS ON HISTORY, HISTORIANS, AND HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE: A READER
Mark G. Malavasi and Jeffrey O. Nelson, eds.
ISI Books, 2005, xxiv + 922 pgs
 

Diritto, natura e ragione: Scritti inediti versus Hayek, Mises, Strauss e Polanyi (Right, Nature and Reason: Unpublished Writings against Hayek, Mises, Strauss and Polanyi), by Murray Rothbard and Roberta A. Modugno, trans., ed.

Rothbard vs. Everyone

Mises Review 11, No. 2 (Summer 2005)

DIRITTO, NATURA E RAGIONE: SCRITTI INEDITI VERSUS HAYEK, MISES, STRAUSS E POLANYI
(RIGHT, NATURE AND REASON: UNPUBLISHED WRITINGS AGAINST HAYEK, MISES, STRAUSS AND POLANYI)
Murray  N. Rothbard
Roberta A. Modugno, trans., ed.
Rubbettino, 2005, 172 pgs.

Equality, Rights, and the Autonomous Self: Toward a Conservative Economics, by Timothy P. Roth

A Kantian Case for Economic Liberty

Mises Review 11, No. 2 (Summer 2005)
EQUALITY, RIGHTS, AND THE AUTONOMOUS SELF: TOWARD A CONSERVATIVE ECONOMICS
Timothy P. Roth
Edward Elgar, 2004, 168 pgs.
 

Timothy Roth is neither an Austrian economist nor an advocate of libertarian natural rights. For those of us who accept these positions, though, his book performs a great service. Unfortunately, our views do not command much attention among mainstream economists and political theorists. Roth defends a free economy through an alternative strategy.

The Just War Revisited, by Oliver O’Donovan

The Myth of Altruistic War

Mises Review 11, No. 2 (Summer 2005)

THE JUST WAR REVISITED
Oliver O’Donovan
Cambridge University Press, 2003, ix + 139 pgs.

Oliver O’Donovan, one of the leading moral theologians in the Church of England, calls to our attention a vital point. If we take account of his insight, we can grasp immediately why the invasion of Iraq is an unjust war. (The book appeared before the invasion; O’Donovan bears no responsibility for my use of what he says.)