Hehe there are at LEAST five thousand pages but most of it is in English and most of it is repetition. If you like classic economics you must read Marx. Sowell's little book on the classics review is a pretty challenging expose.
This a pretty good Marxist web site. http://www.anu.edu.au/polsci/marx/
Except in the extreme micro sense (saving ones own job) I do not understand the underpinning of protectionist theory.
Except in the extreme micro sense (saving ones own job) I do not understand the underpinning of protectionist theory.
Metternich, Realpolitick, blah, blah, blah.
You might be interested in The Rise and Decline of the State by Martin van Creveld