The Mises institute is just one of the triad of Lew Rockwell.com and antiwar.com. While Mises confines itself to economic matters, the other two preach a constant theme of the evils of government, all government. Lew Rockwell is pretty heavy into civil war revisionism where Lincoln is a war criminal. The common thread for all, is that government always wishes to get bigger and uses war as it's engine of it's own growth.