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| | War, Peace, and the State by Joseph Stromberg |
 | | The framework is a Rothbardian one, in which wars are not sealed off from domestic politics, the ambitions of state bureaucrats, economic life and motives, and ideological currents. |
 | | In this mythical world, the United States bumbles along amiably — and in utter conformity with international law and high-minded principles — for years at a time, when it is "suddenly and deliberately attacked" out of the blue, for no discernible reason, by forces of total evil. |
 | | Thus, it is no accident that libertarians — with their critical view of states and state behavior — should be among those interested in war and imperialism, both of which represent a widening of state power — first abroad, and then at home. |
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