Reviewed by Marcia
Angelo M. Codevilla exposes the power elite who now rule, rather than govern America. Intent upon advancing their own power and ideological agenda they are encroaching upon every aspect of personal and civic life.
Read the review »
Reviewed by Marcia
Kengor’s book, Dupes, is almost entirely drawn from primary sources including once-secret Cold War archives in Moscow, Eastern Europe, and the United States, KGB memos, Communist International Party (CPUSA) records, and previously classified FBI papers.
Read the review »
Reviewed by Martin
Barbara Tuchman's book answers a question often asked by students of American history.
How could the experienced and well-armed British Army lose the American Revolutionary War to a bunch of poorly trained farmers and shop keepers?
Read the review »
Reviewed by Marcia
Author Michael Newton has set out the warning signs on the path from liberty to tyranny. Starting at ancient Greece, he takes the reader on journey through the Roman Empire, ancient Israel, the Soviet Union and the Fascist states of Italy and Germany.
Read the review »
Reviewed by Marcia
Pauline Maier's new book, Ratification is a fantastic account of the events after the Constitutional Convention. She is perhaps the first scholar to delve into the history of what it took to get the new government installed and what near thing it was. Along the way she transforms dusty documents into living, breathing human beings, giving the reader a real flavor of even some of the lesser known luminaries who deserve the appellation - Founding Father.
Read the review »
Reviewed by Bryn Dunham
Paul Revere's Ride is a historical narrative about Paul Revere’s famous midnight ride into the Massachusetts countryside to warn the people that the British were marching to Lexington and Concord. Author David Hacket Fischer looks beyond the myth to explore what really transpired.
Read the review »
Reviewed by Martin
Paul Johnson's brief biography of Washington doesn't do either Johnson or Washington justice.
Read the review »
Reviewed by Martin
First in Peace is a great book that offers insights into the relationship between Washington and Jefferson, and shows how Washington bested the master of intrigue at his own game.
Read the review »
Reviewed by Marcia
1776 is the perfect book to spark interest in the American Revolution. It is as absorbing as any thriller and leaves readers regretful when it ends.
Read the review »
Reviewed by Marcia
Daniel Hannan's new book, The New Road to Serfdom, hearkens back to Hayek's masterpiece, but its subtitle, A Letter of Warning to America really says it all. As a long time member of the European Parliament, he has seen what lies farther down the road we are traveling and is urging us to turn back now.
Read the review »
The posts are coming!
