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able to the majority." Human Action (Chicago: Henry
Regner y, 1966), pp. 188-89. ,
(10}Those who deny the existence of the court
his tor ian s s h 0 u Ide 0 n sui t Ha r ryE 1mer Ba r n e s ,
"Revisionism and the Historical Blackout," in
Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace, ed., Harry Elmer
Barnes (Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton, 1953), 1-78. On the
strategic role of the intellectual in the United States
i n man u f act uri ng the wa r ps y choI 0 g y neee s sa r y t 0 figh t
the fir s two rid wa r see Ro be r t Ni s bet, The Twiii gh t 0 f
Authority (New York: Oxford University Press, 1975),
pp. 71-84.
(ll)Nisbet, ,p. 189.
(12)See, for example, Hanna Arendt, The Origins
ofT0 t a lit a rian ism ( New Yo r k: Wo rid Publisher s, 19 71 ) ,
pp. 341-479. The pI i ght of the atomized individual
a g a ins t the s tat e i sexcelie n t I Y po r t rayed in two
novels, Arthur Koestler, Darkness at Noon (New York:
Bantam Books, 1972); and Franz Kafka, The Trial (New
York: Vintage Books, 1969). The latter is particularly
i n t rig u i n g sinc e i t wa s wr itt en prio r tot he consci 0 us
development and employment of such tact ics in the
1930's and 1940's by Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler.
(13 )Wi toess, for example, the great, and at times
absurd, lengths to which our government went to promote
the celebrat ion of the bi-centennial. But it must be
pointed out that thi's "veneration of tradition" is
strictly one-sided. For while venerating particular
traditions the state must simultaneously endeavor, as
Nisbet points out, to sever all connections with the
past that would conflict with one's duty and loyalty to
the state. And in their places, he continues, the
state will create "new ceremonies and symbols." Robert
Nisbet, The Quest for Community (New York: Oxford
University Press, 1953), pp. 194-96.
( 14 ) Rot h bar d, " Anat 0 my," p p. 37 - 4 1 • Bo t h the
structure and the substance of this chapter draw heavilyon
"The Anatomy of the State."
(15)Randolph Bourne, "The State," The World of
Ran dol ph B 0 urn e, e d. L ill ian SchI isse 1 ( New Yo r k: E.
P. Dut ton and Co., 19 6 5 ), Pp. 261- 62 •
(16)Quoted in Albert Jay Nock, Our Enemy, The
State (New York: Free Li fe Edi t ions, 1973), p. 11.
Also see John C. Calhoun, A Disquisition on
Go vernmen t (I n d ian a pol is: Bob b s -Me r r i I I Co., 19 5 3 ) ,
pp. 25-26.
( 1 7 ) Be r t ran d de J 0 u v e n e I, 0 n P owe r tIts Nat ur e
and the History of Its Growth (Boston: Beacon Press,
1967), pp. 100-11.
(18)Ibid., p. 48.
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