Justus Doenecke's careful study of the opponents of American entry into World War II makes evident that the noninterventionists had a clearer grasp of essential truths about American foreign policy than their eager-for-war opponents.
This remarkable new book, published by the Mises Institute and edited by John Denson, is the first full-scale revisionist treatment of the American presidency. This is the history that civics class hid from you.
Citing railroads, the TVA, and interstate highways, Michael Kelly of The Atlantic Monthly says government has done wonders for us. Tibor Machan raises the question: At what cost?
There are no good American history textbooks on the market. I've looked. We non-leftists have to settle for the least bad one we can find. A number of my friends told me a year ago that Tindall and Shi's America: A Narrative History was the least bad. So, I've used it this semester for my survey course covering the period from Reconstruction to the present.
Hollywood really knows how to blow things up, whether it be bombs doing it to battleships or a script accomplishing the same thing to historical fact. "Pearl Harbor," reviewed by Lawrence Reed.
Why are some of the top names in the securities industry cooperating with an obvious shakedown racket? Gregory Bresiger explains what's behind the Wall Street Project.
History is never as clear-cut as it is taught in public schools, but in this instance, something very strange is afoot. Tibor Machan discusses new revelations on nineteenth-century American history.
Harry Jaffa's new book on Lincoln overlooks the implications of a crucial fact: Some of the the most passionate opponents of forced political union were the radical abolitionists. Myles Kantor explains.
Attachment to tradition and free-market sensibilities are often thought to be in conflict. What, then, are we to make of the new Richard Weaver collection that recommends Ludwig von Mises to all students?
