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Books and Book Chapters

US Military Transformation and Innovation since the Cold War: Creation Without Destruction, co-edited by Benjamin H. Friedman (2009).

The Power Problem: How American Military Dominance Makes Us Less Safe, Less Prosperous, and Less Free, by Christopher A. Preble (April 2009).

"Strengthening the All-Volunteer Military," Chapter 48, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition (2009).

"The Defense Budget," Chapter 19, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th edition (2009).

"The Defense Budget," Chapter 48, Cato Handbook for Congress: Policy Recommendations for the 108th Congress (2003).

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Cato Studies

"Learning the Right Lessons from Iraq," by Benjamin H. Friedman, Harvey Sapolsky and Christopher Preble, Policy Analysis no. 610, February 13, 2008

"$400 Billion Defense Budget Unnecessary to Fight War on Terrorism," by Charles V. Peña, Policy Analysis no. 539, March 28, 2005

"Deployed in the U.S.A.: The Creeping Militarization of the Home Front," by Gene Healy, Policy Analysis no. 503, December 17, 2003

"Mini-Nukes and Preemptive Policy: A Dangerous Combination," by Charles V. Peña, Policy Analysis no. 499, November 19, 2003

"Missile Defense: Defending America or Building Empire?," by Charles V. Peña, Foreign Policy Briefing no. 77, May 28, 2003

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Articles and Newsletters

"Stop the War, Stop the Spending," by David Boaz, Cato Policy Report, July/August 2009.

"What’s the Emergency," by Veronique de Rugy, Regulation, vol. 31, no. 2, Summer 2008.

"The Terrible 'Ifs'," by Benjamin H. Friedman, Regulation, vol. 30, no. 4, Winter 2007-2008.

"How to Spend $2.8 Trillion," by Chris Edwards, August 2006. (PDF, 49Kb., 2 pp)

"Privatize the Army Corps of Engineers," by Chris Edwards, Tax & Budget Bulletin no. 27, October 2005. (PDF, 53kb., 2 pp)

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Opinion and Commentary

"Commentary on the Commission on Wartime Contracting Hearings (Part 3)," by David Isenberg, Private Military Herald, September 28, 2009

"Commentary on the Commission on Wartime Contracting Hearings (Part 2)," by David Isenberg, Private Military Herald, September 27, 2009

"Commentary on the Commission on Wartime Contracting Hearings (Part 1)," by David Isenberg, Private Military Herald, September 24, 2009

"Obama's Disappointing Secrecy," by Benjamin H. Friedman, Christian Science Monitor, July 21, 2009

"Private Contractors Still Lack Adequate Oversight," by David Isenberg, DefenseNews.com, June 29, 2009

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Events

"The Dangers of U.S. Military Dominance," May 1, 2009 [Capitol Hill Briefing]

"The Power Problem: How American Military Dominance Makes Us Less Safe, Less Prosperous, and Less Free," April 20, 2009 [Book Forum]

"Can the Pentagon Be Fixed? ," March 13, 2009 [Policy Forum]

"Shaping the Obama Administration’s Counterterrorism Strategy," January 12-13, 2009 [Conference]

"Obama's National Security Policy: A New Approach or More of the Same?," December 17, 2008 [Capitol Hill Briefing]

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Multimedia

"Obama Threatens Veto over F-22" featuring Christopher A. Preble, July 17, 2009 [Flash Audio, 09:41]

"A Tale of Two Surges" featuring David Rittgers, April 10, 2009 [Flash Audio, 11:16]

Benjamin H. Friedman discusses the defense budget on CNBC April 6, 2009 [Flash Video, 05:06]

"Pentagon Versus POTUS" featuring Benjamin H. Friedman, February 5, 2009 [Flash Audio, 10:54]

"Security Contractors in Iraq" featuring David Isenberg, December 29, 2008 [Flash Audio, 08:46]

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