War and Foreign Policy

The professional custodians of American views of history have always named the same presidents as "great." It's always the presidents who abused power frequently, and expanded government power the most.

Chris Calton recounts a victory that would give the Union access to the Confederate heartland—the capture of Fort Henry. 

Mises wrote this essay in 1940 from Geneva, where he lived after Nazis forced him out of Austria and his apartment was ransacked by German troops.

Chris Calton details Ulysses S. Grant's early actions in the Civil War. 

Disagreements between libertarians and realists are a problem. But in the current interventionist-dominated environment, the disagreements don't strike me as an especially big problem — at least for now.

Chris Calton details the first ever battle between two ironclad warships.

Those who are advocating for new interventions in Syria and Venezuela show little interest in confronting the real costs of intervention. They just want to say they "did something" even if those things will turn out to be disastrous.

The growing acceptance of "humanitarian" interventions works to remove national sovereignty as a bulwark against expansionist large states in the international order.

Chris Calton details the incredible process of constructing the technological marvel The Monitor.

Chris Calton details the incredible life of the Swedish engineer who created the Union's first iron warship.