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Michael Schearer

Liberty University, Department of History

Ph.D. Student

Lynchburg, VA

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (27)

1.

Historiography of the Causes of the Civil War

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 14 Dec 2020
Michael Schearer
Liberty University, Department of History
Downloads 1,707 (26,149)

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Civil War, Historiography, Lost Cause, Fundamentalists, Revisionists, Pollard, Buchanan, Wilson, Rhodes, Dumond, Turner, Beard, Dubois, Agrarians, I'll Take My Stand, Ramsdell, Owlsey, Scrugham, Randall, Craven, Nevins, Potter, Foner, Holt, Gienapp, Sibley, McPherson, Woodward

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American Strategy in the Soviet-Afghan War

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 19 May 2016
Michael Schearer
Liberty University, Department of History
Downloads 895 (66,145)

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Vietnam, Afghanistan, Reagan Doctrine, Ronald Reagan, Mujahadeen, Foreign Policy, CIA, Central Intelligence Agency, Pakistan, ISI, Soviet Union, USSR, Zbigniew Brzezinski

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The Impact of the New Deal on Economic Liberties During the Great Depression

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 30 Mar 2021
Michael Schearer
Liberty University, Department of History
Downloads 609 (111,533)

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The Influence of Sea Power on the Punic Wars

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 19 May 2016
Michael Schearer
Liberty University, Department of History
Downloads 464 (157,043)

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Sea Power, Punic War, Punic Wars, Rome, Romans, Greece, Carthage, Carthaginians, Competitive Advantage

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Economy as Empire: Dutch Disease and the Decline of Imperial Spain

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 09 Jul 2019
Michael Schearer
Liberty University, Department of History
Downloads 322 (238,358)

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spain, spanish decline, Reconquista, arbitrista, school of salamanca, columbus, 1492, mesta, imperial, dutch disease

6.

Historiography of the Leveller Movement

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 22 Dec 2021
Michael Schearer
Liberty University, Department of History
Downloads 258 (300,076)

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leveller, levellers, lilburne, walwyn, overton, gardiner, firth, green, trevelyan, frank, hill, brailsford, gregg, morton, rees, clark, kishlansky, barber, southern, foxley

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Ludwig von Mises and Classical Liberalism

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 12 Feb 2021
Michael Schearer
Liberty University, Department of History
Downloads 222 (345,205)

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classical liberalism, liberalism, ludwig von mises, mises, mises institute, austrian economics, carl menger, Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk, Frédéric Bastiat, David Hume, Adam Smith, David Ricardo, Jeremy Bentham, Richard Cobden, Manchester School, human action, leonard read, henry hazlitt, hayek, Röpke

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The Lincoln Administration and Freedom of the Press in Civil War Maryland

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 23 Aug 2021
Michael Schearer
Liberty University, Department of History
Downloads 218 (353,017)

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power, liberty, civil war, lincoln, civil liberties, freedom of the press, newspapers, editors, publishers, journalists, maryland, baltimore, confederacy, habeas corpus, martial law, merryman, milligan

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All the Laws But One: Civil Liberties in National Emergencies

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 29 Apr 2016
Michael Schearer
Liberty University, Department of History
Downloads 213 (362,957)
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constitutional rights, civil liberties, habeas corpus, suspension clause, natural disaster, national emergency, economic collapse, public health, public health emergency, mandatory evacuation, mandatory vaccination

10.

The Short Life and Quick Death of Cyber Deterrence (How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Cyber)

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 23 Apr 2016
Michael Schearer
Liberty University, Department of History
Downloads 201 (382,358)

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cybersecurity, cyber, deterrence, cyberattack

11.

Ideological Origins of William Penn's 'Holy Experiment'

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 31 May 2019
Michael Schearer
Liberty University, Department of History
Downloads 172 (449,518)

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William Penn, holy experiment, Pennsylvania, levellers, English civil war, colonial America, religious freedom, religious tolerance, freedom of conscience, right to trial, jury trial, suffrage

12.

The Emergence of Wendell Willkie as the 1940 Republican Nominee

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 17 Oct 2019
Michael Schearer
Liberty University, Department of History
Downloads 170 (447,215)

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wendell willkie, 1940, republican, fdr, roosevelt, we want willkie, dewey, taft, vandeberg, commonwealth & southern, c&s, tva, tennessee valley authority

13.

Bacon's Rebellion: Mere Insurrection or Abortive Revolution?

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 19 May 2016
Michael Schearer
Liberty University, Department of History
Downloads 163 (464,454)

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Bacon’s Rebellion, Nathaniel Bacon, William Berkeley, 1767, virginia

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Our Enemy, the State: Liberty versus Power on the American Home Front during the First World War

Number of pages: 437 Posted: 09 Jan 2024 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2024
Michael Schearer
Liberty University, Department of History
Downloads 151 (491,334)

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world war I, first world war, woodrow wilson, progressivism, classical liberalism, libertarianism, murray rothbard, ralph raico, albert jay nock, randolph bourne, ludwig von mises, albert burleson, newton baker, william gibbs mcadoo, thomas gregory, a. mitchell palmer, george creel

15.

Inter arma enim silent leges: Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties in Civil War Maryland

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 04 Jun 2019
Michael Schearer
Liberty University, Department of History
Downloads 141 (524,371)

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abraham lincoln, civil war, civil liberties, maryland, habeas corpus, constitution, free speech, ex parte merryman

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Civil Liberties on the Homefront: Korematsu and the National Security Justification

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 13 Nov 2019
Michael Schearer
Liberty University, Department of History
Downloads 140 (530,816)

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korematsu, world war II, second world war, civil liberties, japanese internment, FDR, executive order 9066, Hirabayashi, Yasui, supreme court,

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The Armed Career Criminal Act: Imprecise, Indeterminate, and Unconstitutional

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 08 Dec 2015
Michael Schearer
Liberty University, Department of History
Downloads 140 (524,371)
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Armed Career Criminal Act, ACCA, mandatory minimum, violent felony, due process, sentencing

18.

United States Foreign Policy and Humanitarian Intervention: Legitimacy, Practice, and Future Prospects

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 19 May 2016
Michael Schearer
Liberty University, Department of History
Downloads 116 (621,896)

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United Nations, Somalia, Kosovo, Foreign Policy, Humanitarian Intervention, Pdd-25, Yugoslavia, Rwanda

19.

No Ma’am: Progressive Reform as an Obstacle to Gender Equality

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 08 Mar 2015
Michael Schearer
Liberty University, Department of History
Downloads 106 (664,543)
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supreme court, gender, equality, progressives, progressive era, muller, labor, women, brandeis

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Bound by Oath: Andrew Johnson’s Veto of the Tenure of Office Act

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 04 Apr 2019
Michael Schearer
Liberty University, Department of History
Downloads 96 (709,832)

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andrew johnson, veto, tenure of office, tenure of office act, impeachment, reconstruction, presidential reconstruction, removal power, unitary executive

21.

The Role of the Government in the Internet and Its Implications for Technology Policy

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 19 May 2016
Michael Schearer
Liberty University, Department of History
Downloads 94 (725,554)

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internet, darpa, arpanet, NSFNET, NSINET, ESNET

22.

God, Inc.: Hobby Lobby and Religious Freedom

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 10 Mar 2015
Michael Schearer
Liberty University, Department of History
Downloads 86 (777,583)
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Hobby Lobby, religious freedom, RFRA

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Western Sparks: The Constitutionality of Federal Land Management from the Founding to the Civil War

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 23 Apr 2016
Michael Schearer
Liberty University, Department of History
Downloads 76 (837,727)

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federal land management, federal lands, sagebrush rebellion, land transfer movement, land transfer, county supremacy movement, county supremacy, kleppe, property clause, nullification, federalism, dual federalism, compact theory

24.

Batteryman vs. The New Deal: The Life of Fred C. Perkins

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 12 May 2021
Michael Schearer
Liberty University, Department of History
Downloads 56 (1,010,164)

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new deal, great depression, NRA, national recovery administration, Fred C. Perkins, York, York Younty, Pennsylvania, battery, batteryman, farm lighting plant battery, cornell, blue eagle, schecter poultry

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The Failure of the Welfare State and the Breakdown of the Family

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 19 May 2016
Michael Schearer
Liberty University, Department of History
Downloads 53 (1,031,043)

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Rush Limbaugh, Dan Quayle, Murphy Brown, Bill Bennett, Newt Gingrich, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Charles Murray, Marvin Olasky

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The General Smith: Early 19th Century Baltimore and the Supreme Court's Admiralty Jurisdiction

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 06 Mar 2015
Michael Schearer
Liberty University, Department of History
Downloads 47 (1,097,529)

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maritime liens, Supreme Court, admiralty jurisdiction, 1819, home port lien doctrine, General Smith, Baltimore

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Prospects for Russia's Economic Future: To Rise or Fall?

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 19 May 2016
Michael Schearer
Liberty University, Department of History
Downloads 38 (1,209,354)

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Soviet Union, Russia, Economy, International Monetary Fund, IMF, Boris Yeltsin, Prikhvatizatsia