The Myth of National Defense

The Myth of National Defense
Author(s)	Hans-Hermann Hoppe (editor)
Country	United States
Subject(s)	Political theory
Genre(s)	Non-fiction
Publisher	Ludwig von Mises Institute
Publication date	2003
Media type	Print, Digital
Pages	x, 453 p.
ISBN	9780945466376
OCLC Number	53401048

The Myth of National Defense: Essays on the Theory and History of Security Production is a compilation of essays on the subject of national defense edited by Hans-Hermann Hoppe. The work features contributions from various libertarian scholars on all aspects of defense, and challenges the conventional wisdom that defense must be provided by a State.

See also

• Property, Freedom, and Society
• The Private Production of Defense
• Security Without a State
• Chaos Theory

Links

• Resources page at Mises.org (including full text)
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 2 excerpt "A Libertarian Theory of War" by Murray N. Rothbard

• Articles, essays and reviews
  • "The Meaning of the Rumsfeld Memo" by Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr., October 2003
  • Mises Review: "The Myth of National Defense" by David Gordon, Spring 2004 (republished as Mises Daily here)
  • "Correcting Kinsley on Libertarianism" by Robert P. Murphy, February 2008
  • "Without Firing a Single Shot: Societal Defense and Voluntaryist Resistance" (PDF) by Carl Watner, Summer 2006
  • "Humanitarian Intervention and the State" (PDF) by Mark R. Crovelli
  • "Private Solutions to Positive Externalities: Military Expenditures, Insurance, and Call Options" (PDF) by Robert P. Murphy, updated May 2004
  • "National Goods Versus Public Goods: Defense, Disarmament, and Free Riders" (PDF, PDF) by Jeffrey Rogers Hummel, 1990
  • "Privateering and National Defense: Naval Warfare for Private Profit" (PDF) by Larry J. Sechrest, February 2000
  • "The Privately Funded Warships of the U. S. Navy: Blowing Holes in Public Goods Theory" (PDF) by Larry J. Sechrest, March 2006
  • "Toward an A Priori Theory of International Relations" (PDF) by Mark R. Crovelli
  • "Governmental Inevitability: Reply to Holcombe" (PDF) by Walter Block, Summer 2005
  • "Sovereignty, International Law, and the Triumph of Anglo-American Cunning" (PDF) by Joseph R. Stromberg, Fall 2004

• Other media
  • The Myth of National Defense lecture by Hans-Hermann Hoppe, 2003
  • Promotional flyer (PDF)
  • The Political Economy of War Mises Academy course by Thomas J. DiLorenzo
  • The Social Theory of Hoppe Mises Academy course by Stephan Kinsella