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		Omnipotent Government
		The Rise of the Total State and Total War By Ludwig von  Mises Edited by Bettina Bien Greaves
		Publication Date: June 2010 6 x 9. 352 pages. Foreword to the Liberty Fund edition, preface, index.

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Published in 1944, during World War II, Omnipotent Government was Mises's first book written and published after he arrived in the United States. In this volume Mises provides in economic terms an explanation of the international conflicts that caused both world wars. Although written more than half a century ago, Mises's main theme still stands:  government interference in the economy leads to conflicts and wars. According to Mises, the last and best hope for peace is liberalism—the philosophy of liberty, free markets, limited government, and democracy.

Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973) was the leading spokesman of the Austrian School of Economics throughout most of the twentieth century.

Bettina Bien Greaves is a resident scholar and trustee of the Foundation for Economic Education and was a senior staff member from 1951 to 1999.