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Depression, War, and Cold War...is one of those rare offerings that explicates the truth of things related to the inimical conflation of government, the military, and our congressional banditti these past seventy years or so.... It is a book that reveals a singular and important element of the derailment of our culture: where human nature has triumphed in an egophanic revolt against the old order. --Human Events.com<br>

Thoughtful and detailed criticism. --Hugh T. Rockoff, professor of economics, Rutgers University Social Science Book of the Month, Society Magazine Outstanding Academic Book for 2007, Choice magazine Depression, War, and Cold War...is one of those rare offerings that explicates the truth of things related to the inimical conflation of government, the military, and our congressional banditti these past seventy years or so.... It is a book that reveals a singular and important element of the derailment of our culture: where human nature has triumphed in an egophanic revolt against the old order. --Human Events.com Outstanding Academic Book for 2007, Choice magazine Social Science Book of the Month, Society Magazine Robert Higgs is a contrarian and an iconoclast. He believes that economists and historians have misunderstood U.S. economic history during the middle decades of the 20th century. American Journal of Sociology Thoughtful and detailed criticism. Hugh T. Rockoff, professor of economics, Rutgers University Necessary correctives to the popular and scholarly willingness to remain emotionally invested in erroneous explanations. Journal of American Studies An important book. Those interested in the interaction between the domestic economy, war, and heavily armed peace will find it essential reading. Paul Johnson, author, Modern Times and A History of the American People A real eye opener and bold foray into contemporary political economy. Richard E. Sylla, Henry Kaufman Professor of the History of Financial Institutions and Markets, New York University Key challenges to both the macromonetary and Keynesian explanations of the American experience in the era of depression and world war. Journal of Markets & Morality

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Robert Higgs is a senior fellow in political economy at the Independent Institute and the editor of the quarterly journal Independent Review. He is the author of Against Leviathan, Neither Liberty Nor Safety, and The Resugence of the Warfare State, and has taught at the University of Washington, Lafayette College, Seattle University, and the University of Economics in Prague. He lives in Covington, Louisiana.

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