num_pages: 453
description: With eleven chapters by top libertarian scholars on all aspects of defense, this book edited by Hans-Hermann Hoppe it represents an ambitious attempt to extend the idea of free enterprise to the provision of security services. It argues that "national defense" as provided by government is a myth not unlike the myth of socialism itself. It is more viably privatized and replaced by the market provision of security.
language: English
title: The Myth of National Defense: Essays on the Theory and History of Security Production
titlecomplete: The Myth of National Defense: Essays on the Theory and History of Security Production
genres: History, Philosophy, Economics, War, Nonfiction, Military Fiction, Politics
ratings_count: 201
publisher: Ludwig von Mises Institute