In Defense of Unjust War

Mises Review 6, No. 3 (Fall 2000)

VIETNAM: THE NECESSARY WAR. A REINTERPRETATION OF AMERICA’S MOST DISASTROUS MILITARY CONFLICT
Michael Lind
The Free Press, 1999, xix + 314 pgs.
 

Consumed by Argument?

Mises Review 6, No. 3 (Fall 2000)

THE TROUBLE WITH PRINCIPLE
Stanley Fish
Harvard University Press, 1999; 328 pgs

I expected to dislike this book. Stanley Fish, the author of distinguished books on Milton and George Herbert, long ago found the world of literary scholarship too confining. He obtained a law degree and frequently comments on public affairs, usually from a leftist point of view.

The Fallacies of Voegelian Antiliberalism

Mises Review 6, No. 3 (Fall 2000)

PUBLISHED ESSAYS, 1953-1965:
THE COLLECTED WORKS OF ERIC VOEGELIN, VOLUME 11
Ellis Sandoz, Editor
University of Missouri Press, 2000 lx + 273 pgs.

Interpreting Freud’s Dreams

Mises Review 6, No. 3 (Fall 2000)

FREUD AND THE QUESTION OF PSEUDOSCIENCE
Frank Cioffi
Open Court, 1998, ix + 313 pgs.
 

The validity of Freud’s theories seems at first sight far removed from the usual concerns of The Mises Review. In fact, it is not. Freud mounted a strong attack on morality and tradition. If, as Freud believed, conscience arises through irrational and bizarre unconscious processes, what grounds have we to pay heed to its dictates?

The Why of World War I

Mises Review 6, No. 3 (Fall 2000)

THE COSTS OF WAR: AMERICA’S PYRRHIC VICTORIES
“World War I: The Turning Point” 
Second Expanded Edition
Ralph Raico
John V. Denson, Editor
Transaction, , 1999, xxxii + 535 pgs.
 

Tie the Hands of Governments

Mises Review 6, No. 4 (Winter 2000)

UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES: THE IMPACT OF FACTOR ENDOWMENTS, CULTURE, AND POLITICS ON LONG-RUN ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
Deepak Lal
MIT Press, 1998 x + 287 pgs.
 

The Poverty of Envy

Mises Review 6, No. 4 (Winter 2000)

FROM SUBSISTENCE TO EXCHANGE AND OTHER ESSAYS
Peter Bauer 
Princeton University Press, 2000; xi + 153 pgs.
 

Peter Bauer possesses a rare ability: he can see the obvious. Several philosophers discussed in this issue-Rawls, Dworkin, and Cohen -rail on and on about equality. Capitalism must be condemned, they tell us, because of inequality. However productive the system, it fails the test of ethics.

The Mythologies of Marxism

Mises Review 6, No. 4 (Winter 2000)

IF YOU’RE AN EGALITARIAN, HOW COME YOU’RE SO RICH?
G.A. Cohen
Harvard University Press, 2000; xii + 233 pgs.
 

Rawls Unravels Himself

Mises Review 6, No. 4 (Winter 2000)

THE LAW OF PEOPLES
John Rawls
Harvard University Press, 1999; viii + 199 pgs.
 

The Truth-Splitter

Mises Review 6, No. 4 (Winter 2000)

FORCED INTO GLORY: ABRAHAM LINCOLN’S WHITE DREAM
Lerone Bennett, Jr.
Johnson Publishing, 2000; xv + 651 pgs.