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A concise and influential treatise in which Rothbard presents a radical critique of the state, arguing that it is not a beneficent social institution but a predatory entity that claims a monopoly on the use of force and appropriates resources through coercion rather than voluntary exchange. The book explores what a state is and what it is not, how it sustains its power, abuses its authority, and suppresses dissent — offering a libertarian‑anarchist perspective on government, coercion, and social order

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245: $a: Anatomy of the State
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100: $a: Murray N. Rothbard
650: $a: Political Theory
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250: $b: Ludwig von Mises Institute
250: $c: 1974
020: $a: 978‑1933550480
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