Charles Beard and American Foreign Policy

Tags: U.S. History, War and Foreign Policy

05/16/2025 David Gordon

Historian Charles Beard championed continentalism—keeping America out of foreign wars. David Gordon explores Beard’s forgotten warnings and their lasting lessons on liberty and foreign policy.

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on May 16, 2025.

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