War and Foreign Policy

Almost everyone today thinks that America's war in Vietnam was a mistake. Whether leftists who revere Uncle Ho, rightwing hawks who regret that America was not allowed to win, or noninterventionists

The second edition of this outstanding book includes two new chapters, one of which merits extensive notice.  In "World War I: The Turning Point," Ralph Raico brilliantly encapsulates the origins of the Great War,

Both Ludwig von Mises and F.A. Hayek were called upon during wartime to weigh in on the question: what is the best economic policy in the conduct of war? Both were opposed to using war as a device for socializing the economy. If a war must be waged, they argued in their roles as value-free economists, better to contract-out the building of munitions to private companies rather than attempt to do it through nationalization and administrative edict.

The Cold War was and is hugely expensive. The full economic cost of any policy must be considered before lending moral and financial support to it, argues Chris Westley. 

I opened Mr. Buchanan's book with trepidation. According to press accounts, Pat Buchanan had shed his cloak as a noted conservative commentator to reveal himself as a sympathizer with the Third Reich and its Führer. 

We could have another on our hands if the bureaucrats get involved in regulating prices again.  

You may never have heard of them, but they battled against the main cause of state expansion in the 20th century. 

Rothbard's classic history of colonial and revolutionary America, back in print at last. 

Pat Buchanan, protectionist, now says that US trade sanctions are counterproductive and should be repealed. Yes, but so should all restrictions on trade.