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I’ve been having a really good back and forth with Jared in the comment thread on my “It All Starts With War” post. Please join in the fray if you so desire.

In light of that discussion, I’d like to post the material that I’ve read or listened to that changed my mind on the topic of war. I’ve tried to lay these out in the order that I encountered them. I did move John Denson’s lectures to the top of the stack though. Denson is a lawyer, and a Trustee at Auburn University. He is also a well respected history researcher with a focus on the history of American wars. I consider his lectures and books to be formative to my current thinking. It took a couple of years of research to go from being pro-Iraq war to totally anti-war as I am now. Hopefully you will put these links to use and maybe it will change your mind too. Cheers!

Denson – Six Months That Changed the World:

Denson – Roosevelt’s WWII Policies of Unconditional Surrender and the Morgenthau Plan:

Denson – Origins of War: Civil War and World War I:

[PDF] Denson – A Century of War

Murphy – The Cry For Security:

Murphy – A Critique of the Invasion of Iraq:

Woods – Interview on Antiwar Radio:

DiLorenzo – Trade Barriers as a Cause of War:

Higgs – War and the Leviathan State:

Higgs – The Myth of War Prosperity:

Higgs – Death Fuel: