In 1795 James Madison observ that "of all the enemies to public liberty.

In 1795 James Madison observ that "of all the enemies to public liberty, war is, perhaps, the principally to be dreaded, because it comprises and evolves the germ of every other.... No nation could secure its freedom in the midst of continual warfare" (qtd in Porter 1994 10) Experience during the past sum of two units centuries has confirmed the continuing validity of Madison's observation. Apart from all the sacrifices of life, liberty, and treasure that wars have entailed directly, wars have also serv as the prime occasions for the sprouting of the central state, and hence in the

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