War has long been one of the most effective tools the state uses to expand power. Sometimes that expansion takes the form of territory or resources. Other times, it benefits political and financial elites at the public’s expense. The books below examine how war strengthens the ruling class and how governments shape public opinion during conflicts and emergencies.
How to Run Wars: A Confidential Playbook for the National Security Elite
How to Run Wars offers a sharp and sometimes satirical look at the modern military and foreign policy establishment. Drawing inspiration from the 1936 classic How to Run a War by Bruce W. Knight, Coyne and Hall show how wars are planned, managed, and sold to the public, and who ultimately benefits from them.
Laurence Vance builds on Murray Rothbard’s foreign policy critiques, applying them to modern conflicts and interventionism. This book works both as an introduction to libertarian views on war and as a thoughtful challenge to conventional ideas about empire and military power.
The twentieth century was the deadliest century in history. It was also the century when the modern state reached new levels of power. A Century of War connects those two facts and shows how mass warfare and government expansion went hand in hand, leaving millions dead along the way.
Facing the Beast: Courage, Faith, and Resistance in a New Dark Age
In Facing the Beast, Naomi Wolf describes what happened after she began questioning the COVID response. Cut off from former allies, she documents how censorship, fear, and emergency powers were used to silence dissent. Her account raises serious questions about how quickly free societies can slide toward authoritarianism.
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