The Myth of National Defense: Essays on the Theory and History of Security Production

The Myth of National Defense: Essays on the Theory and History of Security Production by Hans-Hermann Hoppe. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780945466376.

With eleven chapters by top libertarian scholars on all aspects of defense, this book edited by Hans-Hermann Hoppe it represents an ambitious attempt to extend the idea of free enterprise to the provision of security services. It argues that "national defense" as provided by government is a myth not unlike the myth of socialism itself. It is more viably privatized and replaced by the market provision of security.