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Foreign Policy and National Security > 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

"Politics, Not Need, Accelerates F-22 and Other Programs," by Christopher Preble, The Hill, June 2, 2008

"Fred Thompson's Defense Diatribe," by Ted Galen Carpenter, National Interest (Online), November 15, 2007

"Petraeus, the Surge & History," by Stanley Kober, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, September 14, 2007

"Engage and Deter: A Judicious Path with Iran," by Malou Innocent, Globalist, August 14, 2007

"Curing Walter Reed Syndrome; A Proposal Even Anti-War Doves Should Embrace," by Michael F. Cannon, TCSdaily.com, March 19, 2007

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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 "War Powers Pap" featuring Gene Healy, July 21, 2008 [Flash Audio, 09:14]

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]