In my article entitled “The Liefare-Warfare State” on LewRockwell.com today I survey literature that shows that America’s wars have been wars of imperialism with the lone exception of the American Revolution. The War of 1812 was an attempt to conquer Canada; the Mexican-American War was conducted to steal California and New Mexico from Mexico; Abe Lincoln announced in his first inaugural address that the “Civil War” was to be waged over tax collection to fund the Republican Party’s dream of a continental empire; the Spanish-American War was another war of conquest primarily so that American sugar and tobacco companies could run Cuba; and on and on.
To study the history, economics, and politics of imperialism and anti-imperialism more intensely consider taking my new Mises Academy course on the subject beginning on the evening of September 9.
