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."
Fighting to send arms to Saddam, resisting post-9/11 attempts to toughen visa requirements, struggling to keep American parents from rescuing their kidnapped kids in foreign countries, doing everything it can to shut down the Iraqi democracy movement -- amazingly enough, this is the record of the U.S. State Department, an often out-of-control organization that acts at odds with our nation's best interests more often than most Americans realize.
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
That's the assessment of Robert Jervis, a past president of the American Political Science Association, on J. Bowyer Bell's Murders on the Nile: The World Trade Center and Global Terror. Bell here lays bare the root causes of the Islamic discontent. His sweeping and fascinating account shows how the fires of modern Islamic terrorism were kindled in Egypt over one hundred years ago, and since then have been stoked by a series of wild-eyed sheiks and imams. read more
So says Peter Hitchens, who in the last three decades has seen the England of his youth vanish without a trace — only to be replaced by Tony Blair’s “Cool Britannia,” an internationalist welfare state brimming with ignorance and contempt for the glories of British civilization. In Abolition of Britain,details how it happened; in doing so, he reveals the Left’s full agenda for the United States.
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
Since leaving Zimbabwe in 1984, Peter Godwin has returned many times to visit his parents in their adopted country. When his father suffered a massive heart attack, Godwin's visits grew even more frequent - and he couldn't help noticing that his birthplace, Godwin finds his country, once a post-colonial success story, had descended into a vortex of violence and racial hatred incited by its embattled dictator, Robert Mugabe. Now, in When a Crocodile Eats the Sun, Godwin describes the terrible conditions in his native land - and reveals how things have gotten so bad that that white and black people alike are united in their hatred and fear of the dictator who made it happen.
The Christian faith – a thorn in the side of the Bolsheviks from the very beginning. It seems God didn’t die (as He was supposed to) when they seized power. Nor did He succumb to their intense persecutions and indoctrination. Instead, a transformation of Orthodoxy occurred . . . Protestant sectarian groups began to flourish . . . many believers continued their religious activity underground . . . still others exhibited a variety of strategies adapted to the new conditions. read more
Finally, a history of the USSR from a 1990s perspective. But eminent British historian and conservative, Brain Crozier, gives us even more. He climbs the mountain of Cold War history right up to the present. read more
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.
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
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.
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
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.
The United States today maintains more than 700 military bases worldwide, yet most Americans still don't think of their nation as an empire. Nor do they think that the global U.S. military presence threatens their own interests. But in The Empire Has No Clothes: U.S. Foreign Policy Exposed, defense and foreign policy expert Ivan Eland argues that U.S. military interventionism harms us politically, economically, and militarily -- and that we would be freer, more secure and more prosperous if we reduced our military involvement overseas.
Last year Americans watched with revulsion as French President Jacques Chirac sought to rally an international coalition to oppose the U.S.-led war in Iraq. At the same time, a French public opinion poll showed that fully one quarter of the French population actually supported Saddam Hussein at the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Since then, new stories have emerged almost daily of how the government of French President Chirac has sought to undermine the U.S. war on terror -- publicly sniping at America and inciting other countries to do the same.
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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.
Democrats like John Kerry want to give Kofi Annan and the United Nations authority over American foreign policy. In this appalling new expose, Dore Gold (who served as Israel's UN ambassador from 1997 through 1999) shows why that's one of the worst -- and most dangerous -- ever advanced by an American presidential candidate. Tower of Babble: How the United Nations Has Fueled Global Chaos provides conclusive proof that it is absurd to look to the UN to fight aggression, combat terrorism, and preserve global order.
