In the week that the Iraq Study Group delivered its recommendations to the US leadership and friends in the bloggosphere suggest that increased tax spending on our nationalised military might be a good way forward, I am mindful of a burgeoning libertarian literature on defence and security. In recent years many good pieces have been published on this complex topic and much of it is now thankfully available on-line. Here is an introductory list of just a fraction:
Professor Hans-Hermann Hoppe, The Private Production of Defense, Ludwig von Mises Institute:
Professor Murray Rothbard, Defence Services on the Free Market:
Professor Larry Sechrest, Privateering and National Defense: Naval Warfare for Private Profit, Independent Institute:
Garry M. Anderson and Adam Gifford, Order Out of Anarchy – The International Law of War, CATO Journal:Garry M. Anderson and Adam Gifford, Privateering and the Private Production of Naval Power Finally, here are three excellent books well worth purchasing:
Peter. W. Singer, Corporate Warriors: The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry:
Robert Higgs, Arms, Politics and the Economy: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, Independent Institute:
Professor Hans-Hermann Hoppe, The Myth of National Defense, Ludwig von Mises Institute:
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