Based on his Independent Institute book, War and the Rogue Presidency: Restoring the Republic after Congressional Failure, Dr. Ivan Eland speaks on “The Impact of War on the Presidency” for a luncheon hosted by the Committee for a Responsible Foreign Policy, on September 10, 2019, in Washington, D.C. He is introduced by John A. Burtka IV, Executive Director of "The American Conservative" magazine.

Dr. Eland is Senior Fellow and Director of the Center on Peace and Liberty at the Independent Institute, and his many other books include “Recarving Rushmore: Ranking the Presidents on Peace, Prosperity, and Liberty;” “Eleven Presidents: Promises vs. Results in Achieving Limited Government;” “No War for Oil: U.S. Dependency and the Middle East,” “The Empire Has No Clothes: U.S. Foreign Policy Exposed,” “Partitioning for Peace: An Exit Strategy for Iraq,” and “Putting ‘Defense’ Back into U.S. Defense Policy: Rethinking U.S. Security in the Post-Cold War World.”