Omnipotent government : the rise of the total state and total war

Omnipotent government : the rise of the total state and total war / Ludwig von Mises ; edited and with a foreword by Bettina Bien Greaves.

Ludwig von Mises was the leading exponent of the Austrian School of economics throughout most of the twentieth century. He has long been regarded as a most knowledgeable and respected economist, even though his teachings were generally outside the mainstream. He wrote twenty-five books and hundreds...

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Main Author: Von Mises, Ludwig, 1881-1973
Other Authors: Greaves, Bettina Bien
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Indianapolis, Ind. : Liberty Fund, ©2011.
Series:Von Mises, Ludwig, 1881-1973. Works. 2005.
Subjects:
Totalitarianism.
National socialism.
Economic policy.
International relations.
totalitarianism.
National Socialism.
international relations.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
Economic policy
International relations
National socialism
Totalitarianism
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Table of Contents:
  • Ch. I German Liberalism
  • 1. The Ancien Régime and Liberalism
  • 2. The Weakness of German Liberalism
  • 3. The Prussian Army
  • 4. The Constitutional Conflict in Prussia
  • 5. The "Little German" Program
  • 6. The Lassalle Episode
  • ch. II The Triumph of Militarism
  • 1. The Prussian Army in the New German Empire
  • 2. German Militarism
  • 3. The Liberals and Militarism
  • 4. The Current Explanation of the Success of Militarism
  • ch. III Etatism
  • 1. The New Mentality
  • 2. The State
  • 3. The Political and Social Doctrines of Liberalism
  • 4. Socialism
  • 5. Socialism in Russia and in Germany
  • 6. Interventionism
  • 7. Etatism and Protectionism
  • 8. Economic Nationalism and Domestic Monopoly Prices
  • 9. Autarky
  • 10. German Protectionism
  • ch. IV Etatism and Nationalism
  • 1. The Principle of Nationality
  • 2. The Linguistic Group
  • 3. Liberalism and the Principle of Nationality
  • 4. Aggressive Nationalism
  • 5. Colonial Imperialism no.
  • : 6. Foreign Investment and Foreign Loans
  • 7. Total War
  • 8. Socialism and War
  • ch. V Refutation of Some Fallacious Explanations
  • 1. The Shortcomings of Current Explanations
  • 2. The Alleged Irrationality of Nationalism
  • 3. The Aristocratic Doctrine
  • 4. Misapprehended Darwinism
  • 5. The Role of Chauvinism
  • 6. The Role of Myths
  • ch. VI The Peculiar Characteristics of German Nationalism
  • 1. The Awakening
  • 2. The Ascendancy of Pan-Germanism
  • 3. German Nationalism within an Etatist World
  • 4.A Critique of German Nationalism
  • 5. Nazism and German Philosophy
  • 6. Polylogism
  • 7. Pan-Germanism and Nazism
  • ch. VII The Social Democrats in Imperial Germany
  • 1. The Legend
  • 2. Marxism and the Labor Movement
  • 3. The German Workers and the German State
  • 4. The Social Democrats within the German Caste System
  • 5. The Social Democrats and War
  • ch. VIII Anti-Semitism and Racism
  • 1. The Role of Racism
  • 2. The Struggle against the Jewish Mind.
  • 3. Interventionism and Legal Discrimination against Jews
  • 4. The "Stab in the Back"
  • 5. Anti-Semitism as a Factor in International Politics
  • ch. IX The Weimar Republic and Its Collapse
  • 1. The Weimar Constitution
  • 2. The Abortive Socialization
  • 3. The Armed Parties
  • 4. The Treaty of Versailles
  • 5. The Economic Depression
  • 6. Nazism and German Labor
  • 7. The Foreign Critics of Nazism
  • ch. X Nazism as a World Problem
  • 1. The Scope and Limitations of History
  • 2. The Fallacy of the Concept of "National Character"
  • 3. Germany's Rubicon
  • 4. The Alternative
  • ch. XI The Delusions of World Planning
  • 1. The Term "Planning"
  • 2. The Dictatorship Complex
  • 3.A World Government
  • 4. Planned Production
  • 5. Foreign Trade Agreements
  • 6. Monetary Planning
  • 7. Planning International Capital Transactions
  • ch. XII Peace Schemes
  • 1. Armament Control
  • 2.A Critique of Some Other Schemes Proposed
  • 3. The Union of the Western Democracies
  • 4. Peace in Eastern Europe
  • 5. The Problems of Asia
  • 6. The Role of the League of Nations.

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