******* Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 11:47:53 -0700 To: declanat_private From: David Theroux <DTherouxat_private> Subject: Re: FC: Why liberty suffers during wartime -- a historical view Dear Declan, Excellent piece! As you may well know, the major book on this subject is by our senior fellow Robert Higgs, CRISIS AND LEVIATHAN: Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government (Oxford University Press): http://liberty-tree.org/ltn/crisis-and-leviathan.html Here is an excellent article by Dr. Higgs on the subject, "How War Amplified Federal Power in the Twentieth Century": http://www.independent.org/tii/news/990700Higgs.html Here also is a new interview of Dr. Higgs: http://reason.com/ml/ml092001.html As for your points about the U.S. Civil War as the precedent for what lead to the 20th Century's giant leaps into national security statism, you might find the following of interest: "The Civil War: Liberty and American Leviathan," with Henry E. Mayer and Jeffrey Rogers Hummel: http://www.independent.org/tii/forums/991117ipfTrans.html "The Great Centralizer: Abraham Lincoln and the War between the States," by Thomas J. DiLorenzo: http://independent.org/tii/content/pubs/review/TIR32_dilorenzo.html Emancipating Slaves, Enslaving Free Men: A History of the American Civil War, by Jeffrey Rogers Hummel, reviewed by Stanley L. Engerman: http://independent.org/tii/content/pubs/review/books/TIR21_Hummel.html Best regards, David David J. Theroux Founder and President The Independent Institute 100 Swan Way Oakland, CA 94621-1428 510-632-1366 Phone 510-568-6040 Fax DTherouxat_private http://www.independent.org >http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,47051,00.html > > Why Liberty Suffers in War Time > By Declan McCullagh (declanat_private) > 2:00 a.m. Sep. 24, 2001 PDT > > WASHINGTON -- Anyone worried about the fate of civil liberties during > the U.S. government's growing war on terrorism might want to consider > this Latin maxim: Inter arma silent leges. > > It means, "In time of war the laws are silent," and it encapsulates > the supremacy of security over liberty that typically accompanies > national emergencies. > > Consider this: During all of America's major wars -- the Civil War, > World War I and World War II -- the U.S. government restricted > Americans' civil liberties in the name of quelling dissent, silencing > criticism of political decisions and preserving national security. > > [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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