All Posts Tagged With: "national security"
Service Muddles in Washington
Doug Bandow, a nationally syndicated columnist, is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and the author and editor of several books, including Tripwire: Korea and U.S. Foreign Policy in a Changed World. For presidents and generals, the Cold War made military policy easy. The U.S. armed forces had to contain the Soviet Union; everything [...]
1Dec1998 | Doug Bandow | 0 comments | ContinuedMost Outrageous Government Waste
Mr. Schatz is president of Citizens Against Government Waste. Since my job is to be a watchdog on government waste, I’m often asked about the most outrageous cases. That’s a tough call because government bureaucrats never take care of your money as carefully as you would take care of it yourself. More important, bureaucrats spend [...]
1Jun1996 | Thomas A. Schatz | 46 comments | ContinuedSpecial Interests and the Internment of Japanese-Americans During World War II
Professor Caudill teaches economics at Auburn University and Ms. Hill is an undergraduate student. On February 19, 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, approving the en masse relocation of Japanese and Japanese-American citizens from the West Coast into the interior of the country. The order was signed amid the hysteria following the Japanese [...]
1Jul1995 | Steven B. Caudill | 0 comments | ContinuedBook Review: Military Policy and National Security edited by William W. Kaufman
Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press. 274 pp. $5.00. This book covers a wide field and parts of it are of special interest to lovers of liberty. The introduction and chapters on “The Requirements of Deterrence,” “Limited Warfare,” and “Force and Foreign Policy” are by Professor Kaufmann. Mr. Roger Hilsman discusses “Strategic Doctrines for Nuclear [...]
1Sep1956 | Hoffman Nickerson | 0 comments | Continued-
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