Omnipotent Government Part 2

<h2 class="page-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #38709e; font-family: crimson_text, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 25px; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 16px; position: relative; vertical-align: top;"> Omnipotent Government: The Rise of the Total State and Total War</h2> <div class="group-image-wrapper field-group-html-element pull-left" id="slideshow" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #494e54; float: left !important; font-family: myriad-pro, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-right: 20px; width: 240px;"> <div class="image border-secondary" style="border-top-color: rgb(56, 112, 158); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 8px; box-sizing: border-box;"> <div class="flexslider flexslider-processed" id="flexslider-1" style="-webkit-box-shadow: none; background-color: transparent; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; border: 0px; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; zoom: 1;"> <div class="flex-viewport" style="-webkit-transition: all 1s ease; box-sizing: border-box; max-height: 2000px; overflow: hidden; position: relative; transition: all 1s ease;"> <ul class="slides" style="-webkit-transition: 0s; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transform: translate3d(0px, 0px, 0px); transition: 0s; width: 480px; zoom: 1;"> <li style="-webkit-backface-visibility: hidden; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; float: left; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; width: 240px;"><img alt="Omnipotent Government by Ludwig von Mises" draggable="false" src="https://mises.org/sites/default/files/styles/slideshow/public/static-page/img/Omnipotent%20Government_Mises_750x516_20160803.jpg?itok=gccSFLY9" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; border: 0px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 240px;" title="Omnipotent Government by Ludwig von Mises" typeof="foaf:Image" /></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="tags" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #788086; font-family: myriad-pro, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> <span class="tag-label bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; padding-right: 5px; text-transform: uppercase;">TAGS</span>&nbsp;<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://mises.org/topics/war-and-foreign-policy" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #788086; text-decoration: none;">War and Foreign Policy</a></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://mises.org/topics/world-history" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #788086; text-decoration: none;">World History</a></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://mises.org/austrian-school/political-theory" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #788086; text-decoration: none;">Political Theory</a></span></div> <section class="group-date-author" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #494e54; font-family: myriad-pro, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span class="date" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #00426b; font-weight: 600; text-transform: uppercase;">08/03/2016&nbsp;</span><span class="author" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://mises.org/profile/ludwig-von-mises" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #00426b; text-decoration: none;">Ludwig von Mises</a></span></section><div class="body-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #494e54; font-family: myriad-pro, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Omnipotent Government</em>&nbsp;was published in 1944, when the battle against Nazism held the world’s attention. How had this terrible system gained power? Mises considers and rejects several explanations popular at the time he wrote, such as inherent defects in the German national character. Instead, Mises looks to the rise of a malignant ideology, which he terms&nbsp;<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">etatism</em>.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> This audio book is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Millian Quinteros.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> <br /></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> <span style="background-color: white;">&nbsp;</span><a href="http://mp3.anarchistphilosophies.com/omnipotentgovernment2.mp3" style="background-color: #38709e; background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-color: rgb(56, 112, 158); border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 6px 10px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" title="Aristocracy-Monarchy-Democracy_Hoppe.mp3" type="audio/mpeg; length=30774116">Download audio file</a></div> </div>