Presented to the Department of History at New York University on December 4, 1979. The description below is excerpted from the “Rothbard Lectures on American History: Lost and Found” by Chris Sciabarra (https://mises.org/wire/rothbard-lectures-american-history-lost-and-found). The central theme of Rothbard’s lecture was the conflict between “Liberty” and “Power” throughout history. He did not deny the complexities of…