FC: More on why liberty suffers during wartime -- a historical view

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 11:47:53 -0700
To: declan () well com
From: David Theroux <DTheroux () independent org>
Subject: Re: FC: Why liberty suffers during wartime -- a historical view

Dear Declan,

Excellent piece!

As you may well know, the major book on this subject is by our senior 
fellow Robert Higgs, CRISIS AND LEVIATHAN: Critical Episodes in the Growth 
of American Government (Oxford University Press):
http://liberty-tree.org/ltn/crisis-and-leviathan.html

Here is an excellent article by Dr. Higgs on the subject, "How War 
Amplified Federal Power in the Twentieth Century":
http://www.independent.org/tii/news/990700Higgs.html

Here also is a new interview of Dr. Higgs:
http://reason.com/ml/ml092001.html

As for your points about the U.S. Civil War as the precedent for what lead 
to the 20th Century's giant leaps into national security statism, you might 
find the following of interest:

"The Civil War: Liberty and American Leviathan," with Henry E. Mayer and 
Jeffrey Rogers Hummel:
http://www.independent.org/tii/forums/991117ipfTrans.html

"The Great Centralizer: Abraham Lincoln and the War between the States," by 
Thomas J. DiLorenzo:
http://independent.org/tii/content/pubs/review/TIR32_dilorenzo.html

Emancipating Slaves, Enslaving Free Men: A History of the American Civil 
War, by Jeffrey Rogers Hummel, reviewed by Stanley L. Engerman:
http://independent.org/tii/content/pubs/review/books/TIR21_Hummel.html

Best regards,

David
David J. Theroux
Founder and President
The Independent Institute
100 Swan Way
Oakland, CA 94621-1428
510-632-1366 Phone
510-568-6040 Fax
DTheroux () independent org
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> http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,47051,00.html
>
>    Why Liberty Suffers in War Time
>    By Declan McCullagh (declan () wired com)
>    2:00 a.m. Sep. 24, 2001 PDT
>
>    WASHINGTON -- Anyone worried about the fate of civil liberties during
>    the U.S. government's growing war on terrorism might want to consider
>    this Latin maxim: Inter arma silent leges.
>
>    It means, "In time of war the laws are silent," and it encapsulates
>    the supremacy of security over liberty that typically accompanies
>    national emergencies.
>
>    Consider this: During all of America's major wars -- the Civil War,
>    World War I and World War II -- the U.S. government restricted
>    Americans' civil liberties in the name of quelling dissent, silencing
>    criticism of political decisions and preserving national security.
>
>    [...]




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