Ronald Reagan by Michael Schaller
If you are looking for a biography that takes Reagan’s ideas and policies seriously you will need to look elsewhere. But this short work does nevertheless provide a useful outline of the major issues and events of Reagan’s life and gives readers a good place to start. If nothing else it will give conservative readers, or fans of Reagan, a handy outline of the criticisms against the former president and the conservative movement he jump started.
Napoleon and the Art of Diplomacy by William Nester
NAPOLEON AND THE ART OF DIPLOMACY: How War and Hubris Determined the Rise and Fall of the French Empire by William Nester is not about Napoleon’s diplomacy as art, but more as brute force. Nester traces Napoleon’s rise to power…
John Quincy Adams by Harlow Giles Unger
In my opinion, John Quincy Adams is one of the most misunderstood men in American history. Although he was reviled as a President of the United States, he was highly respected as an accomplished statesman and congressman. Harlow Giles Unger…
Gettysburg’s Forgotten Cavalry Actions: Farnsworth’s Charge, South Cavalry Field, and the Battle of Fairfield, July 3, 1863 by Eric J. Wittenberg
I recently read another book from one of my favorite Civil War authors, Eric Wittenberg. His latest book, Gettysburg’s Forgotten Cavalry Actions, is a revised edition that he originally wrote in 1998. He updated the book because of new research,…
The Forum & The Tower: politics, theory and the common good
This week’s Coffee & Markets podcast features Mary Ann Glendon, author of The Forum and the Tower: How Scholars and Politicians Have Imagined the World, from Plato to Eleanor Roosevelt. We discussed the intersection of politics and theory through the eyes of some famous examples and what this means for the public square today.
There Is No Alternative: Why Margaret Thatcher Matters
There Is No Alternative: Why Margaret Thatcher Matters
