Book Review: War, Revenue, and State Building | Justin Logan | Cato Institute: Commentary

Book Review: War, Revenue, and State Building | Justin Logan | Cato Institute: Commentary: "The early Republic had a high tolerance for danger. The British had set fire to the White House during the War of 1812 and remained in North America openly refusing to comply with the terms of the Treaty of Ghent. (One might compare the gravity of this threat to that posed by Afghanistan's own 'handful of ragamuffins' today.) Even so, the U.S. Army was slashed in size from roughly 47,000 men during the war to less than 10,000 after it. This tiny force accounted for more than three-fourths of federal spending at the time."