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U.S. National Security and Foreign Policy > Military Personnel and Readiness


Books and Book Chapters

"Reclaiming the War Power," Chapter 11, Cato Handbook for Congress: Policy Recommendations for the 108th Congress, (2003).

"Waging an Effective War," Chapter 5, Cato Handbook for Congress: Policy Recommendations for the 108th Congress, (2003).

"Clearing the Decks for War," Chapter 4, Cato Handbook for Congress: Policy Recommendations for the 108th Congress, (2003).

Putting 'Defense' Back into US Defense Policy: Rethinking US Security in the Post-Cold War World, by Ivan Eland (2001).

"Reclaiming the War Power," Chapter 7, Cato Handbook for Congress: Policy Recommendations for the 107th Congress, (2001).

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Cato Studies

"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

"Wrong War, Wrong Place, Wrong Time: Why Military Action Should Not Be Used to Resolve the North Korean Nuclear Crisis," by Doug Bandow, Foreign Policy Briefing no. 76, May 12, 2003

"V-22: Osprey or Albatross?," by Charles V. Peña, Foreign Policy Briefing no. 72, January 8, 2003

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Articles and Newsletters

"The Defense Monopoly," by Harvey M. Sapolsky and Eugene Gholz, Regulation, vol. 22, no. 3, 1999, pp. 5.

"Feeling a Draft?" by Doug Bandow, Cato Policy Report vol. XXI, no. 2, March 1999.

Opinion and Commentary

"Inherently Governmental?," by David Isenberg, United Press International, May 9, 2008

"Insurance? What Insurance?," by David Isenberg, United Press International, May 2, 2008

"Recruiting the Bottom of the Barrel," by David Isenberg, Asia Times Online, April 26, 2008

"Cost-effective: Myth or Fact?," by David Isenberg, United Press International, April 25, 2008

"No Justice on Contractor Rape," by David Isenberg, United Press International, April 18, 2008

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Events

"The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War," May 27, 2005 [Book Forum]

"The United States Does Not Need a Larger Army," March 29, 2005 [Capitol Hill Briefing]




Multimedia

Daily Podcast "Bring Back the Draft?" featuring Walter Y. Oi, October 29, 2007 [Flash Audio, 04:56]

Daily Podcast "Victory Is Not an Option" featuring Lt. Gen. William E. Odom (Ret.), March 16, 2007 [Flash Audio, 07:57]

Daily Podcast "The Push to Federalize the National Guard" featuring Gene Healy, August 11, 2006 [Flash Audio, 07:37]