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 provi...
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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 diplomac...
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 ...
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 re...
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, fro...
There Is No Alternative: Why Margaret Thatcher Matters
There Is No Alternative: Why Margaret Thatcher Matters