Delusions of power : new explorations of the state, war, and economy /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Higgs, Robert
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oakland, Calif. : Independent Institute, 2012.
Series:	Independent studies in political economy.
Subjects:	Power (Social sciences) > United States. United States > Military policy. United States > Economic policy > 20th century. United States > History, Military > 20th century. United States > Politics and government > 20th century. Politics and war > United States > History > 20th century. War > Economic aspects > United States > History > 20th century.

Table of Contents:

Review of War, revenue, and state building : financing the development of the American state by Sheldon D. Pollack
Review of New deal or raw deal? How FDR's economic legacy has damaged America by Burton Folsom Jr.
Review of Churchill, Hitler, and "the unnecessary War" : how Britain lost its empire and the West lost the world by Patrick J. Buchanan
Review of The Pearl Harbor myth : rethinking the unthinkable by George Victor
Review of Unwarranted influence : Dwight D. Eisenhower and the military-industrial complex by James Ledbetter
Review of Is war necessary for economic growth? Military procurement and technology development by Vernon W. Ruttan
Review of After war : the political economy of exporting democracy by Christopher J. Coyne
Review of Magic and mayhem : the delusions of American foreign policy from Korea to Afghanistan by Derek Leebaert.