At the close of the Second World War, Mises saw the destruction of the old world and the beginnings of a new one that did not look promising, especially for European politics. Socialism appeared to sweep all before it, and the social democratic variety in the West was not much of an improvement. Mises set out to explain and bitterly denounce the trends toward the total state, a...(展开全部)

Published in 1944, during World War II, "Omnipotent Government" was Mises' first book written and published after he arrived in the United States. In this volume, Mises provides in economic terms an explanation of the international conflicts that caused both world wars. Although written more than half a century ago, Mises' main theme still stands: government interference in the...(展开全部)

The state, which since the middle of the seventeenth century has been the most important and most characteristic of all modern institutions, is in decline. From Western Europe to Africa, many existing states are either combining into larger communities or falling apart. Many of their functions are being taken over by a variety of organizations which, whatever their precise natu...(展开全部)

The state, which since the middle of the seventeenth century has been the most important and most characteristic of all modern institutions, is in decline. From Western Europe to Africa, many existing states are either combining into larger communities or falling apart. Many of their functions are being taken over by a variety of organizations which, whatever their precise natu...(展开全部)

丽莎·麦吉尔（Lisa McGirr），哈佛大学历史学教授，专攻20世纪美国史。著有《新美国史》等书，曾获得新英格兰历史协会图书奖。 译者：张虹，西安石油大学副教授，2018—2019年美国威诺纳州立大学访问学者。

丽莎·麦吉尔（Lisa McGirr），哈佛大学历史学教授，专攻20世纪美国史。著有《新美国史》等书，曾获得新英格兰历史协会图书奖。 译者：张虹，西安石油大学副教授，2018—2019年美国威诺纳州立大学访问学者。

Read The Taiji Government and you will discover a bold and original revisionist interpretation of the formation of the Qing imperial constitution. Contrary to conventional wisdom, which portrays the Qing empire as a Chinese bureaucratic state that colonized Inner Asia, this book contends quite the reverse. It reveals the Qing as a Warrior State, a Manchu-Mongolian aristocratic ...(展开全部)