# Anatomy of the State

Index page: Index:Anatomy_of_the_State.pdf
Anatomy of the State
Murray N. Rothbard
LvMI
MISES INSTITUTE
© 2009 by the Ludwig von Mises Institute and published under the Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Ludwig von Mises Institute 518 West Magnolia Avenue Auburn, Alabama 36832 www.mises.org
The greatest danger to the State is independent intellectual criticism.
Murray N. Rothbard
Contents
* What the State Is Not ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................9
* What the State Is ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................13
* How the State Preserves Itself ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................18
* How the State Transcends Its Limits ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................30
* What the State Fears ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................44
* How States Relate to One Another ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................47
* History as a Race Between State Power and Social Power ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................53
* Index ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................56