He was the most controversial American general in World War II—and also one of the most successful, courageous, and audacious. As a post-war administrator of defeated Germany, he sounded alarm bells about the dangers of Soviet encroachment into Europe. Politically, he was a lightning rod—an outspoken conservative who continually embarrassed his superiors with his uncensored, undiplomatic, and unrestrained comments to the press. He was General George S. Patton Jr., "Old Blood and Guts."

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Few contemporary Americans know that James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851), best known for his creation of Natty Bumppo and the Leatherstocking Tales, also wrote profound social criticism of the Jacksonian era. Yet, while his three political works -- Notions of the Americans, A Letter to His Countrymen, and The American Democrat -- come from a distinct era of American history, Cooper's thoughts on the Constitution, limited government, the nature and abuses of political power, and the importance of morality and religion to a democracy, remain as relevant today as they were in the 1820s and 1830s. This edition, the latest installment in the Club's Conservative Leadership Series, is the first to combine all three works -- the entirety of Letter and The American Democrat, and numerous excerpts from Notions. read more

People weren't accustomed to books like this in 1951. Our great universities were treated like national monuments. How dare a recent graduate charge Yale -- then celebrating its 250th birthday -- with hostility to Christianity and free enterprise? read more

Orestes Brownson's 1865 book, The American Republic, ranks with The Federalist and Alexis de Tocqueville's classic Democracy in America as an indispensable analysis of the American experiment in republican self-government. Reproduced here for the first time in a manner worthy of its importance, replete with its first comprehensive index, this neglected American classic is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand the "constitution, tendencies and destiny" of the American regime.

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Over the years the myths surrounding the fateful maiden voyage of the R.M.S. Titanic have consumed popular culture. Now learn about the real people who traveled on the ship and get a factual account of the events that surrounded its sinking. read more

We are still caught in the lie that Darwinism is the only respectable scientific position -- and much of this pseudoscientific dogmatism rests on myths surrounding the enigmatic figure of Charles Darwin himself. Darwin would change the world with his theory -- but the popular perception of him as a disinterested scientist who arrived at this theory after painstaking and meticulous examination of the natural world is dead wrong. As Benjamin Wiker proves in The Darwin Myth: The Life and Lies of Charles Darwin, Darwin did not originate the theory of evolution. Darwin's singular achievement was to dress it up with enough scientific trappings to make it plausible -- a goal which he pursued out of a fanatical desire to strike a blow at Christianity and eradicate the idea that human beings were created in the image of God. Wiker shows that Darwinism, despite the shrill denials of many of its supporters, does indeed lead to atheism -- because Darwin designed it to do so.

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The U.S. Navy is relying on a historic icon to remind the world of America's strength and courage. Since May 2002, all U.S. Navy ships have flown the First Navy Jack from 8 a.m. to sunset daily while in port. The temporary substitution for the Union Jack represents a historic reminder of the nation's and Navy's origin and will to persevere and triumph during the global war on terrorism. We invite you to proudly display this American symbol and send a message to the world that America will stand up to its aggressors and preserve liberty.

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The Confederate soldier was revered by Northerners and Southerners alike long after the war ended for what Philip A. Bruce calls “the high, the gallant, and the romantic aspects” of his character. Examples of character traits like these are rare in public life nowadays, but they abound on the pages of Brave Deeds of Confederate Soldiers. Bruce’s vivid account of numerous deeds of daring, bravado, cunning, and selfless courage by Confederate partisans during the great conflict will fire your children’s imaginations — and impress upon them the all-important lesson that some causes are worth risking everything to advance. read more

For more than a century the fate of the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley remained one of the great unsolved mysteries of the Civil War. The brainchild of wealthy New Orleans planter and lawyer Horace Lawson Hunley, the Hunley inspired tremendous hopes of breaking the Union's naval blockade of Charleston, only to drown two crews on disastrous test runs. But on the night of February 17, 1864, the Hunley finally made good on its promise. Under the command of the heroic Lieutenant George E. Dixon, the sub rammed a spar torpedo into the Union sloop Housatonic and sank the ship within minutes, accomplishing a feat of stealth technology that would not be repeated for half a century. read more

From the acclaimed author of The Virginian comes this classic narrative about life in the post Civil-War South. Using Charleston, South Carolina (renamed Kings Port) as his backdrop, Owen Wister paints a compelling portrait of a southern culture seeking to move forward in the aftermath of debilitating warfare and reconcile with a vastly different northern elite read more

Thus warned Hilaire Belloc in 1936 -- long before the Christian West permitted millions of Moslems to immigrate and proliferate, building thousands of new mosques in the United State and Europe, including a huge one in Rome itself a few years ago. Belloc's essay on Moslems, together with five important and meaty Catholic Encyclopedia articles by scholar Gabriel Oussani in 1908, comprise this valuable new book. read more

For more than two hundred years, questions about the factuality of the Old Testament have led many critics to see it as little more than pious fiction. In this fascinating new book, noted ancient historian K.A. Kitchen takes strong issue with today's "revisionist" critics and offers a firm foundation for the historicity of the biblical texts.

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Fyodor Dostoevsky is one of the greatest literary figures of all time. Dostoevsky's intense struggle with the question of God is presented in the famous “Legend of the Grand Inquisitor” in The Brothers Karamazov. In this unparalleled interpretation of the Grand Inquisitor, Ellis Sandoz combines literary criticism with political philosophy to place Dostoevsky squarely in the context of his day and culture as a religious thinker. Dostoevsky has often been regarded as a prophet foretelling the rise of totalitarian socialism in Russia, but his political vision had deep spiritual roots. His recognition that atheistic materialism had gripped the mind of modern man moved him to craft a fiction that resisted the secularization of existence. read more

The history of Virginia -- central to the history of America. Of our first six presidents, four came from Virginia. It was the great Virginian, George Washington, who led the Continental army and presided over the Constitutional Convention. Many of our greatest Founders and colonial statesmen were Virginians. read more

Distinguished historian Edward Larson deconstructs the popular historical myths surrounding the “Scopes Monkey Trial.” Learn what really happened in the summer of 1925 when the forces of creationism and evolutionism collided in the rural south. read more

Americans tend to lack a basic understanding of military matters, and no wonder: For nearly half a century, military history has become increasingly unfashionable on campus. "This state of neglect in our schools is profoundly troubling," writes classics professor and conservative commentator Victor Davis Hanson. "Democratic citizenship requires knowledge of war -- and now, in the age of weapons of mass annihilation, more than ever." In The Father Of Us All: War and History, Ancient and Modern, Hanson helps to fill that gap in our knowledge with 13 of his finest recent essays on the subject. Revised and combined into a well- articulated whole, the chapters in this book explore such topics as how technology shapes warfare, what constitutes the "American way of war," and why even those who abhor war need to study military history. "War is the father and king of us all," Heraclitus wrote in ancient Greece -- and Hanson shows why it that is no less so today.

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One of the first things Stalin, Hitler, Mao and other totalitarians did was rewrite the histories of their nations, remaking the past to foster their control of the present. The American Left has done the same thing in our country: most American history books - both for students and adults -- are riddled with PC nonsense that makes the Founding Fathers over into racist slaveholders, the settlers of the West into genocidal land-stealers, and the welfare state into the harbinger of the ultimate triumph of liberalism.

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Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, many attempts at explanation have been made -- but few if any have matched the analytical depth and original displayed by English philosopher and cultural commentator Roger Scruton. In The West and the Rest: Globalization and the Terrorist Threat, Scruton argues that to comprehend and combat Islamic terrorism, one must understand both the unique historical evolution of the state and the dynamic of globalization. Some highlights of his argument: read more

This extraordinary eyewitness chronicle takes you on a grand tour of America from the Revolution to computer chips. Bestselling historians Stephen Ambrose and Douglas Brinkley spotlight notable Americans and ordinary citizens, pivotal events and everyday life in a sweeping synthesis of the American story. The features befit the ambitious title: read more

Honor the crew aboard the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan, as well as one of our nation's greatest presidents, by wearing the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan Commissioning Ball Cap.

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