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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).

"Strengthening the All-Volunteer Military," Chapter 55, Cato Handbook on Policy, 6th Edition (2005).

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Cato Studies

"Dominoes on the Durand Line? Overcoming Strategic Myths in Afghanistan and Pakistan," by Joshua Rovner and Austin Long, Foreign Policy Briefing no. 92, June 14, 2011

"Budgetary Savings from Military Restraint," by Benjamin H. Friedman and Christopher Preble, Policy Analysis no. 667, September 21, 2010

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

"The American Way of War: Cultural Barriers to Successful Counterinsurgency," by Jeffrey Record, Policy Analysis no. 577, September 1, 2006

"Failed States and Flawed Logic: The Case against a Standing Nation-Building Office," by Christopher Preble and Justin Logan, Policy Analysis no. 560, January 11, 2006

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Articles and Newsletters

"Managing Fear: The Politics of Homeland Security," by Benjamin Friedman, Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 126, No. 1 (Spring 2011).

"Nuclear Weapons Spending Deserves Greater Scrutiny," by Christopher A. Preble, Nuclear Proliferation Update, November 2009.

"Restraining Order: For Strategic Modesty," by Harvey M. Sapolsky, Benjamin H. Friedman, Eugene Gholz, and Daryl G. Press, World Affairs Journal, Fall 2009.

"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.

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Opinion and Commentary

"Why Does U.S. Pay to Protect Prosperous Allies?," by Christopher Preble, CNN.com, February 3, 2012

"Broken Promise of Change: The Obama Administration's Defense Strategy and Budget," by Ted Galen Carpenter, Aspenia, January 16, 2012

"Cutting Through the Rhetoric on Defense Sequestration," by Benjamin H. Friedman and Veronique de Rugy, World Politics Review, January 6, 2012

"How Cutting Pentagon Spending Will Fix U.S. Defense Strategy," by Benjamin H. Friedman, Foreign Affairs, November 2, 2011

"Romney's $2 Trillion Gimmick," by Christopher Preble, Huffington Post, October 14, 2011

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Events

"The 112th Congress and Military Spending," January 19, 2011 [Capitol Hill Briefing]

"The Military-Industrial Complex at 50: Assessing the Meaning and Impact of Eisenhower's Farewell Address ," January 13, 2011 [Conference]

"Deficits and Defense," November 19, 2010 [Policy Forum]

"Exporting the Bomb: Technology Transfer and the Spread of Nuclear Weapons," June 22, 2010 [Book Forum]

"The Military's Role in Counterterrorism," June 18, 2010 [Capitol Hill Briefing]

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Speeches and Congressional Testimony

"Military Restraint and Defense Savings," Testimony of Benjamin Friedman, July 20, 2010.

Multimedia

The Military Industrial University Complex featuring Christopher A. Preble (February 9, 2012) [Daily Podcast, 07:04]

Michael D. Tanner discusses his latest piece on Ron Paul and the GOP on WSPD's Brian Wilson Show (January 26, 2012) [Media Highlights - Radio, 12:39]

Christopher A. Preble discusses military spending on Fox Business Stossel (January 19, 2012) [Media Highlights - TV, 06:04]

Few Bright Spots in Military Strategy Plan featuring Benjamin H. Friedman (January 5, 2012) [Daily Podcast, 07:50]

Justin Logan discusses the proposed defense cuts on NY 1 (January 5, 2012) [Media Highlights - TV, 05:20]

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