War and Foreign Policy

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Joshua Mawhorter

The Mexican-War resulted in more territory for the new American empire, but the US government started it under false pretenses. A young US soldier—Ulysses Grant—knew better.

Tho Bishop Ryan McMaken Connor O'Keeffe

On this episode of Power and Market, Ryan, Connor, and Tho discuss military escalation with Venezuela, more troubling jobs data, and how college football offers an example of how financialization, politicalization, and bad economy theory can undermine great American traditions.

Connor O'Keeffe

Many of the same Democratic lawmakers now condemning the shooting of survivors of the alleged drug boat strike had no problem when presidents they liked greenlit even worse strikes. But that doesn’t excuse Trump’s awful escalation in the Caribbean.

David Gordon

Historian Richard Hofstadter was a well-known progressive, but his take on Abraham Lincoln certainly differs from the hagiographic approach most US historians take toward him.

David Brady, Jr.

Remembering Justin Raimondo, who used his antiwar website to rally concerned people against the unjust and destructive wars brought on by the US government.

James Bovard

A few hours studying the lessons of history can prevent heaps of grave-digging in the coming years. None of the veterans we celebrate on Veterans Day died protecting freedom in the US.

David Gordon

In this issue of The Misesian, we pay tribute to the great libertarian historian Ralph Raico, and in this review, I would like to discuss the views of another historian, one who was most definitely not a libertarian, but whose work Raico knew and respected.