World History

Think about it: a major motion-picture, "Enemy at the Gates," that dares to lump nazis and communists into one reprehensible leftist dung-heap. Lawrence Reed wonders if he is dreaming. 

Ridley Scott’s Oscar-winning epic, Gladiator, is partly fictional, but the part that isn’t should serve as a reminder of lessons from one of history’s greatest civilizations. Larry Reed explains.

Wendy McElroy decries the EU's attempt to legislate equal rights for women: it will bring about a new form of despotism, she warns.

What the Gore's central plans would do to whole sectors of the economy, as explained by Thomas DiLorenzo.

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,

Fetter saw "economics as essentially the study of value, and has viewed all economic phenomena as the concrete expression, under varied circumstances, of one uniform theory of value.

It's true that the protestors at international trade meetings want nothing short of world-government regulations on labor and environment. They want global redistribution and antitrust. They want the UN to tax us and impose an international welfare state. And they hate anything-private property, corporations, national borders-that stands between them and their goal.

How did the State come into being? Martin van Creveld's new book provides a new perspective, writes Joseph Stromberg. 

Martin van Creveld's outstanding book traces the origin, growth, and decline of what Nietzsche termed "that coldest of all cold monsters, the state." By "state," our author means something more limited than do contemporary libertarians.

Mr. Pipes has written a very good book, but he has made life difficult for me as a reviewer. He defends the importance of property rights throughout the book, but he does not argue systematically,