In Search of Monsters to Destroy: The Folly of American Empire and the Paths to Peace by Christopher J. Coyne Independent Institute, 2022; xxii + 217 pp. Christopher Coyne, an economics professor at GMU, forcefully attacks America’s foreign policy, claimed by its defenders to aim at a peaceful international order under benevolent American
In last week’s column, I discussed Christophers Coyne’s excellent book In Search of Monsters to Destroy , a cogent account of America’s endeavor to build a “liberal” informal empire. Coyne shows the inherent contradiction of using brutal means to achieve humane values. This week, I’d like to discuss an even more deplorable part of American foreign
Nigel Biggar, a recently retired professor of theology at Oxford University, has never shunned controversy, as the title of one of his books, In Defence of War , suggests. In this week’s column, I’d like to examine an article of his, “ A Christian Defense of American Empire ,” that appeared in the October 2022 issue of First Things . As you might
In the early decades of the Cold War, the Lutheran theologian Reinhold Niebuhr attracted a considerable following among American intellectuals who influenced foreign policy. People such as the historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., who wanted to found a group called Atheists for Niebuhr, maintained that Niebuhr provided a new, realistic basis for
In his valuable article “War and Humanitarian Intervention,” in The Routledge Companion to Libertarianism (pp. 441–56), Fernando R. Tesón raises some interesting criticisms of Murray Rothbard’s views on war as part of a more general discussion of the topic, and I’d like to devote this week’s article to these. It has to be said, though, that a
How the West Brought War to Ukraine: Understanding How US and NATO Policies Led to Crisis, War, and the Risk of Nuclear Catastrophe by Benjamin Abelow Siland Press; 75 pp. The Ukraine war has generated great controversy, but of one point there can be no doubt, and Benjamin Abelow, a physician with a longstanding interest in public affairs, has
In Search of Monsters to Destroy: The Folly of American Empire and the Paths to Peace por Christopher J. Coyne Independent Institute, 2022; xxii + 217 pp. Christopher Coyne, profesor de economía de la GMU, ataca enérgicamente la política exterior de América, de la que sus defensores afirman que tiene como objetivo un orden internacional pacífico
En la columna de la semana pasada, comenté el excelente libro de Christophers Coyne En busca de monstruos que destruir , un convincente relato del empeño de América por construir un imperio informal «liberal». Coyne muestra la contradicción inherente al uso de medios brutales para alcanzar valores humanos. Esta semana, me gustaría hablar de una
Nigel Biggar, profesor de teología de la Universidad de Oxford recientemente jubilado, nunca ha rehuido la polémica, como sugiere el título de uno de sus libros, En defensa de la guerra . En la columna de esta semana, me gustaría examinar un artículo suyo, « A Christian Defense of American Empire » , que apareció en el número de octubre de 2022 de
En las primeras décadas de la Guerra Fría, el teólogo luterano Reinhold Niebuhr atrajo un número considerable de seguidores entre los intelectuales americanos que influyeron en la política exterior. Gente como el historiador Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., que quiso fundar un grupo llamado Ateos por Niebuhr, sostenía que Niebuhr proporcionaba una base
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