Some analysis on the history, sociology and politics of the modern State that I found interesting. Anyone else know of interesting stuff?
Bastiat - Government
Buchanan - Limits of Liberty, the ~ Between Anarchy and Leviathan (Collected Works vol 7)
Creveld - The Rise and Decline of the State
De Jasay - The State
Mises - Nation, State, and Economy
Mises - Omipotent Government ~ The Rise of the Total State and Total War
Morris - The Modern State in "Gaus and Kukathas (ed.) - Handbook of Political Theory"
Nelson - Making of the Modern State, The ~ A Theoretical Evolution
Nock - Our Enemy, The State
Nozick - Anarchy, State and Utopia
Oppenheimer - The State
Shlapentokh - Societal Breakdown and the Rise of the Early Modern State in Europe Memory of the Future
Strayer - On the Medieval Origins of the Modern State
Stringham ed. - Anarchy, State and Public Choice

Diamond - Collapse

Butler Shaffer's book "Calculated Chaos" speaks of the inherent nature of institutions to become ends in themselves. It's an excellent read.

- NonE