For a New Liberty was explicitly conceived to fulfill the role of a manifesto, as indicated by its subtitle, The Libertarian Manifesto. Its main innovation relative to earlier works lies in the systematic organization of the philosophical foundations of classical liberalism and in pushing their political implications to their ultimate conclusions. In doing so, Rothbard articulates a coherent set of axioms of political philosophy and connects them to institutional reality, offering a unified framework for the analysis of contemporary political problems. The contribution of For a New Liberty is