Give Me Liberty by Richard Brookhiser
The bulk of the book is classic Brookhiser. Short, pithy and insightful description of history and its impact/significance. But it is also an argument about Am...
Tag: American History
Book Review: Decision Points by George W Bush
No matter your opinion of George W Bush, the 43rd President of the United States, a lot of momentous events happened during his eight years in office; from the ...
Countdown to Pearl Harbor: The Twelve Days to the Attack by Steve Twomey
In Countdown to Pearl Harbor Steve Twomey revisits the reasons why the Americans were so caught off-guard by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Still to this ...
The Wars of the Roosevelts by William J. Mann
A masterpiece on one of America's most powerful political families in the first half of the Twentieth Century, the Roosevelts. The Wars of the Roosevelts is a d...
The Swamp Fox by John Oller
Although at first blush the title of John Oller's The Swamp Fox: How Francis Marion Saved the American Revolution seems a bit hyperbolic, but after reading it, ...
Joseph Bottum and America's Anxious Age – Part 1
Part one of a conversation with Joseph Bottum, author of An Anxious Age: The Post-Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of America, about American Religious History a...