World History

Since the French Revolution, leftism has served as the impetus for many of the state’s worst massacres and totalitarian impulses.

Historian Ralph Raico, who is well-known in Austrian circles, wrote that Lord Acton believed that principles of liberty came from religious roots, and especially the Catholic faith.

What indicates that bin Laden was telling the truth about his motives and strategies in facilitating suicide terrorism? What about his Muslim constituency?

John Prince Smith, a British national who settled in Germany, led a free-trade movement in that country in the mid-19th century. Unfortunately, his movement ultimately was overpowered by the rise of Bismarck's Realpolitik.

In 1806 Napoleon issued the Berlin Decree, laying out his Continental System he hoped would starve Great Britain into submission through blockades and anti-trade policies. In the end, smuggling and outright avoidance of the law brought down his system and his empire.

Modern historians no longer seek historical truth but rather analyze history through series of politically-based narratives. But what happens when those narratives are effectively challenged? Mainstream historians then simply ignore the results and simply repeat what they have been saying.

What really happened in Syria? Ruling US elites and Israel have spun the narrative that advocates of democracy were rebelling against a brutal authoritarian regime. The truth is that once again, US policy has made things even worse for Syria.

In his important lectures on the history of political thought, historian Ralph Raico examined five myths that many still believe about classical liberalism and the origins of modern ideology. 

According to the neo-conservative war hawks, every so-called enemy is the Next Hitler and every year is 1939. The failure to seek new conflicts abroad is equated to the failure of Great Britain and France to stand up to Hitler before World War II broke out.