World History

Historical revisionism is the process of unmasking government excuses for war and war-making, writes Ralph Raico.

Many modern states are little more than groupings of conquered nations. Breaking them up into smaller pieces is all for the best, and this would also ultimately lead to more free trade among nations since smaller states find it more difficult to sow the illusion of economic self-sufficiency.

In this transcript of his Mises Weekends interview with Jeff Deist, Andy Duncan handicaps the upcoming secession vote in Scotland and discusses the state of free-market thinking in the UK.

The first-ever libertarians were the Levellers, an English political movement active in the seventeenth century.

Dr. Gordon provides recommended readings for understanding the Cold War. Communist totalitarianism did not necessitate an aggressive foreign policy.

The "Lost Decade" narrative in Japan and the US has kept the drive for more government intervention going for a long time.

How did Hitler do it? There is no shortage of theories or writings related to the rise of the Third Reich and the subsequent Holocaust. Halbrook, however, offers a compelling and important account of the role of gun control in aiding Hitler’s goals of exterminating the Jews and other “enemies of the state.”

Politicians tell us that tax cuts aren’t necessary for economic growth.

The surprise Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, is regarded by most persons who recall it at all as an isolated dramatic episode,

Marvin E. Gettleman reviews the late Bernard B.