War and Foreign Policy

Pages 51–52 in the text. 

Pages 27–30 in the text. 

Pages 39–46 in the text. 

Attempts to impose liberal values on the world, to force people to be free, are doomed to failure and will enhance the chances of war. This is largely because nationalism is for most people a far more potent force than liberalism, whether classical or modern.

There is no evidence that Iran is likely to capitulate to American demands. The historical record demonstrates that great powers can inflict enormous punishment on their adversaries and yet the pain rarely causes target states to surrender.

These books and authors criticize the decision of the United States in 1917 to enter WWI, the bad results of the treaties that ended the war, and the propaganda designed to induce the public to accept the war against the Central Powers.

The US government wants us all to pay and sacrifice for yet another war. And it's using all the usual old tricks to try and have its way.

From The Myth of National Defense: Essays on the Theory and History of Security Production, edited by Hans-Hermann Hoppe.

From The Myth of National Defense: Essays on the Theory and History of Security Production, edited by Hans-Hermann Hoppe.

From The Myth of National Defense: Essays on the Theory and History of Security Production, edited by Hans-Hermann Hoppe.