The Janissaries are coming
by Daniel D. New
LewRockwell.Com
03/07/05
Empires require standing armies, with professional soldiers, whose loyalty is to the Emperor. Wars of conquest require Conscription, Deficit Spending, and Emergency Wartime Powers. Wars for purposes of defense are never short on manpower, while wars of conquest cannot long be sustained using volunteers who have loyalties to anything beyond war itself and the power it accrues. But they are very expensive to maintain, and your professionals get ideas...
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig5/new2.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
LewRockwell.Com
03/07/05
Empires require standing armies, with professional soldiers, whose loyalty is to the Emperor. Wars of conquest require Conscription, Deficit Spending, and Emergency Wartime Powers. Wars for purposes of defense are never short on manpower, while wars of conquest cannot long be sustained using volunteers who have loyalties to anything beyond war itself and the power it accrues. But they are very expensive to maintain, and your professionals get ideas...
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig5/new2.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Starmail - 7. Mrz, 16:35
