John V. Denson

Articles

The Christmas Truce and the Future of War

12/23/2016 Mises Wire John V. Denson

This article is adapted from this December 2015 Mises Weekends interview. Jeff Deist: Our guest this weekend is in the studio with me. He’s Judge John Denson, a great war historian and a lawyer who...

A Will To Peace

12/25/2015 Mises Wire John V. Denson

[This is an excerpt from John Denson’s book A Century of War: Lincoln, Wilson and Roosevelt.] The Christmas Truce, which occurred primarily between the British and German soldiers along the Western...

A Century of War

04/24/2002 Essays in Political Economy John V. Denson

The most accurate description of the twentieth century is “The War and Welfare Century.” This century was the bloodiest in all history. More than 170 million people were killed by governments with ten...

Publications

A Century of War: Lincoln, Wilson, and Roosevelt

06/16/2006 John V. Denson

The horrors of the twentieth century could hardly have been predicted in the nineteenth century, which saw the eighteenth century end with the American Revolution bringing about the creation of the first classical liberal government in history. The

Reassessing the Presidency: The Rise of the Executive State and the Decline of Freedom

06/01/2001 John V. Denson

Everyone seems to agree that brutal dictators and despotic rulers deserve scorn and worse. But why have historians been so willing to overlook the despotic actions of the United States’ own presidents? You can scour libraries from one end to the

The Costs of War: America’s Pyrrhic Victories

11/21/2011 John V. Denson

This book is one of the most significant ever written by Denson. It contains essays that have been turned into major movies and documentaries, and influenced politics in ways no one could have expected. The thesis in brief: the warfare state is as

Media

The Christmas Truce of World War I

12/24/2024 John V. Denson

Never forget the Christmas truce of World War I, when troops refused to be pawns of empire for one blessed day.

Why the Mises Institute Is in Auburn

10/05/2018 John V. Denson

Presented at the Mises Institute's 2018 Supporters Summit in Auburn, Alabama.

The Founding of the Mises Institute

07/27/2016 John V. Denson

John Denson shares memories of his role in the founding of the Mises Institute.

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