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The essay consists of three parts. Part I focuses on the Vietnam War and the increasing role of intellectuals, or specialists, in government and public and foreign policy. Part II focuses on the Spanish Civil War. He contrasts the liberal-communist version of the war with that of other sources including anarchists' and first-hand accounts. Part ...
This tradition is continued in the anti-war analysis of the Cato Institute's David Boaz [7] and former Representative Ron Paul. [ 8 ] Some libertarians have criticized conservatives and those libertarian conservatives who supported the United States' 2001 invasion of Afghanistan and 2003 invasion of Iraq and subsequent occupations.
The Soldier and the State: The Theory and Politics of Civil-Military Relations is a 1957 book written by political scientist Samuel P. Huntington. In the book, Huntington advances the theory of objective civilian control , according to which the optimal means of asserting control over the armed forces is to professionalize them.
According to Burns "others argue that we must construct a general theory of leadership in order that we grasp the role of individual leaders and their traits." [ 19 ] Beginning with the Kellogg Leadership Studies Project (KLSP), a 4-year (1994–1998) initiative, to meetings with over 25 scholars over the early stages, sought that general ...
Keynesian economic theory has played an important role in the economic philosophy of modern liberals. [33] Modern liberals generally believe that national prosperity requires government management of the macroeconomy to keep unemployment low, inflation in check and growth high.
The Liberal Imperialists were a faction within the British Liberal Party in the late 1890s and early 1900s, united by views regarding the policy toward the British Empire. They supported the Second Boer War which a majority of Liberals opposed, and wanted the Empire ruled on a more benevolent basis.
Liberalism is a school of thought within international relations theory which revolves around three interrelated principles: [citation needed] [1]. Rejection of power politics as the only possible outcome of international relations; it questions security/warfare principles of realism
Libertarians and Objectivists have disagreed about matters of foreign policy. Following the Arab–Israeli War of 1973, Rand denounced Arabs as "primitive" and "one of the least developed cultures" who "are practically nomads". She said Arab resentment for Israel was a result of the Jewish state being "the sole beachhead of modern science and ...