Book Reviews
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The Return of Marco Polo’s World: War, Strategy, and American Interests in the Twenty-First Century
by Robert D. Kaplan -- Reviewed by
Taylor Rose
- May 2, 2018
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Movie Nights with The Reagans: A Memoir
by Mark D. Weinberg -- Reviewed by
Craig Shirley and Scott Mauer
- April 19, 2018
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Let Trump Be Trump: The Inside Story of His Rise to the Presidency
by Cory R. Lewandowski & David N. Bossie -- Reviewed by
Gary Hoitsma
- April 4, 2018
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Martin Luther: The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World
by Eric Metaxas -- Reviewed by
Nicholas Dima
- March 15, 2018
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The Knights Templar: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors
by Dan Jones -- Reviewed by
Morgan Norval
- March 1, 2018
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The Complete Infidel’s Guide to Free Speech (and Its Enemies)
by Robert Spencer -- Reviewed by
Mitchell Baxter
- February 15, 2018
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Earning the Rockies: How Geography Shapes America’s Role in the World
by Robert D. Kaplan -- Reviewed by
Taylor Rose
- January 31, 2018
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ARCHITECT OF PROSPERITY: Sir John Cowperthwaite and the Making of Hong Kong
by Neil Monnery -- Reviewed by
William R. Hawkins
- January 17, 2018
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Wind from Heaven: John Paul II – The Poet Who Became Pope
by Monika Jablonska; Foreward by Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz -- Reviewed by
Pawel Piotr Styrna
- December 15, 2017
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Red Famine: Stalin’s War on Ukraine
by Anne Applebaum -- Reviewed by
Nicholas Dima
- November 28, 2017
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CRUDE NATION: How Oil Riches Ruined Venezuela
by Raul Gallegos -- Reviewed by
Gustavo Coronel
- November 8, 2017
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Nixon’s White House Wars: The Battles that Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever
by Patrick J. Buchanan -- Reviewed by
Tom Pauken
- October 25, 2017
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Lucifer’s Banker: The Untold Story of How I Destroyed Swiss Bank Secrecy
by Bradley C. Birkenfeld -- Reviewed by
Monica Morrill
- October 10, 2017
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A Pope and a President: John Paul II, Ronald Reagan, and the Extraordinary Untold Story of the 20th Century
by Paul Kengor -- Reviewed by
John M. Snyder
- September 27, 2017
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Winning the Third World: Sino-American Rivalry During the Cold War
by Gregg A. Brazinsky -- Reviewed by
Nicholas Dima
- September 20, 2017
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CITIZEN NEWT: The Making of an American Conservative
by Craig Shirley -- Reviewed by
William R. Hawkins
- September 6, 2017
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Trump’s War: His Battle for America
by Michael Savage -- Reviewed by
Taylor Rose
- August 16, 2017
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Reflections on Freedom
by José Azel -- Reviewed by
Jennifer Hernandez
- August 1, 2017
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China’s Asian Dream: Empire Building Along the New Silk Road
by Tom Miller -- Reviewed by
William R. Hawkins
- July 20, 2017
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Understanding Trump
by Newt Gingrich, Forward by Eric Trump -- Reviewed by
Monica Morrill
- July 4, 2017
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A World in Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order.
by Richard Hass -- Reviewed by
Nicholas Dima
- June 15, 2017
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Creating Settlements for Islam in America
by Leo Hohmann -- Reviewed by
Morgan Norval
- June 1, 2017
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Margaret Thatcher: At Her Zenith in London, Washington and Moscow
by Charles Moore -- Reviewed by
Monica Morrill
- May 8, 2017
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Putin’s Propaganda Machine: Soft Power and Russian Foreign Policy
By Marcel H. Van Herpen
by Marcel H. Van Herpen -- Reviewed by
Stephen R. Bowers
- April 27, 2017
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We Wanted Workers: Unraveling the Immigration Narrative
by George J. Borjas -- Reviewed by
Chad M. Burchard
- April 12, 2017
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Reagan Rising:The Decisive Years, 1976-1980
by Craig Shirley -- Reviewed by
Newt Gingrich
- March 27, 2017
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BIG AGENDA: President Trump’s Plan to Save America
by David Horowitz -- Reviewed by
John M. Snyder
- March 15, 2017
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Heart of Europe: A History of the Holy Roman Empire
by By Peter H. Wilson -- Reviewed by
Nicholas Dima
- March 1, 2017
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Putin’s Master Plan: To Destroy Europe, Divide NATO, and Restore Russian Power and Global Influence
by By Douglas E. Schoen with Evan Roth Smith -- Reviewed by
Pawel Piotr Styrna
- February 14, 2017
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Crouching TIGER: What China’s Militarism Means for the World
by Peter Navarro -- Reviewed by
William R. Hawkins
- February 1, 2017
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The Knives
by Richard T. Kelly -- Reviewed by
John Gizzi
- January 20, 2017
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The Human City – Urbanism for the Rest of Us
by Joel Kotkin -- Reviewed by
Terri Hall
- January 5, 2017
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9 Presidents Who Screwed Up America and Four Who Tried to Save Her
by Brian McClanahan -- Reviewed by
Stephen R. Bowers
- December 13, 2016
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Gun Control in the Third Reich: Disarming the Jews and ‘Enemies of the State’
by Stephen P. Halbrook -- Reviewed by
John M. Snyder
- November 29, 2016
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The Field of Fight: How We Can Win the Global War Against Radical Islam and Its Allies
by Lt. General Michael T. Flynn with Michael Ledeen -- Reviewed by
William R. Hawkins
- November 8, 2016
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Reagan’s 1968 Dress Rehearsal: IKE, RFK, and Reagan’s Emergence as a World Statesman
by Gene Kopelson, -- Reviewed by
Irwin Gellman
- October 26, 2016
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The Brotherhood: America’s Next Great Enemy
by Erick Stackelbeck -- Reviewed by
Morgan Norval
- October 5, 2016
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'Pinkoes and Traitors’: The BBC and the nation, 1974-1987
by Jean Seaton -- Reviewed by
Monica Morrill
- September 21, 2016
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Last Act: The Final Years and Emerging Legacy of Ronald Reagan
by Craig Shirley – Forward by Lou Cannon -- Reviewed by
Gary Hoitsma
- September 6, 2016
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The Conservative Rebellion
by Richard Bishirjian -- Reviewed by
Steven Alan Samson
- August 23, 2016
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In Europe’s Shadow: Two Cold Wars and a Thirty Year Journey Through Romania and Beyond
by Robert D. Kaplan -- Reviewed by
Nicholas Dima
- August 9, 2016
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1932: The Rise of Hitler & FDR—Two Tales of Politics, Betrayal, and Unlikely Destiny
by David Pietrusza -- Reviewed by
Andrew Thomas
- July 26, 2016
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Spiro Agnew and the Rise of the Republican Right
by Justin P. Coffey -- Reviewed by
David Pietrusza
- July 10, 2016
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Defeating Jihad: The Winnable War
by Sebastian L. Gorka -- Reviewed by
Maria Juczewska
- June 22, 2016
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The New Totalitarian Temptation: Global Governance and the Crisis of Democracy in Europe
by Todd Huizinga -- Reviewed by
Georgiana Constantin
- June 7, 2016
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The Long War and Common Core & Everything You Need to Know to Win the War!
by Donna H. Hearne -- Reviewed by
Mary Grabar
- May 17, 2016
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The Lost Mandate of Heaven: The American Betrayal of Ngo Dinh Diem, President of Vietnam
by Geoffrey D.T. Shaw -- Reviewed by
Tom Pauken
- May 3, 2016
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The Courage to Act: A Memoir of a Crisis and its Aftermath
by Ben S. Bernanke -- Reviewed by
William R. Hawkins
- April 19, 2016
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Drilling through the Core: Why Common Core Is Bad for America
by By Sandra Stotsky and 11 contributors; Edited with an introduction by Peter Wood -- Reviewed by
Mary Grabar
- April 4, 2016
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It IS About Islam
by Glenn Beck -- Reviewed by
Morgan Norval
- March 23, 2016
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Government Zero: No Borders, No Language, No Culture
by Michael Savage -- Reviewed by
Rachel Alexander
- March 8, 2016
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Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again
by Donald J. Trump -- Reviewed by
John M. Snyder
- February 23, 2016
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Christian Persecutions in the Middle East: A 21st Century Tragedy
by George J. Marlin -- Reviewed by
Georgiana Constantin
- February 11, 2016
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The Hundred -Year Marathon:
China's Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower
by Michael Pillsbury -- Reviewed by
William R. Hawkins
- January 25, 2016
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Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War that Changed American History
by Brian Kilmeade & Don Yaeger -- Reviewed by
Morgan Norval
- January 13, 2016
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Common Core Dilemma: Who Owns Our Schools?
by Mercedes Schneider -- Reviewed by
Mary Grabar
- December 8, 2015
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Plunder and Deceit: Big Government’s Exploitation of Young People and the Future
by Mark Levin -- Reviewed by
Rachel Alexander
- November 17, 2015
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A Time for Truth: Reigniting the Promise of America
by Ted Cruz -- Reviewed by
Gary Hoitsma
- November 2, 2015
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Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World
by General Stanley McChrystal U.S. Army, Retired -- Reviewed by
Gustavo Coronel
- October 19, 2015
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The President and the Apprentice: Eisenhower and Nixon, 1952-1961
by Irwin F. Gellman -- Reviewed by
Mary Grabar
- October 7, 2015
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The Israeli Solution: A One-State Plan For Peace In The Middle East
by Caroline B. Glick -- Reviewed by
Aaron Marcus
- September 22, 2015
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Boko Haram: Nigeria’s Islamist Insurgency
by Virginia Comolli -- Reviewed by
Morgan Norval
- September 10, 2015
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The Last Warrior: Andrew Marshall and the Shaping of Modern American Defense Strategy
by Andrew Krepinevich and Barry Watts -- Reviewed by
William R. Hawkins
- August 19, 2015
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Hollywood Traitors – Blacklisted Screenwriters: Agents of Stalin, Allies of Hitler
by Allan Ryskind -- Reviewed by
Irwin Gellman
- August 5, 2015
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11 Principles of a Reagan Conservative
by Paul Kengor -- Reviewed by
Stephen R. Bowers
- July 21, 2015
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The Miracle of the Kurds
by Stephen Mansfield -- Reviewed by
Morgan Norval
- July 7, 2015
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Sagebrush Rebel
by William Perry Pendley -- Reviewed by
Gary Hoitsma
- June 15, 2015
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Let Me Be Clear: Barack Obama’s War on Millennials, and One Woman’s Case for Hope
by Katie Kieffer -- Reviewed by
Georgiana Constantin
- June 3, 2015
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Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice
by Bill Browder -- Reviewed by
Gustavo Coronel
- May 11, 2015
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The Devils’ Alliance: Hitler’s Pact with Stalin, 1939-1941
by Roger Moorhouse -- Reviewed by
Pawel Piotr Styrna
- April 29, 2015
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The Pity Party: A Mean-Spirited Diatribe Against Liberal Compassion
by William Voegeli -- Reviewed by
Mary Grabar
- April 15, 2015
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Tough Man, Tender Chicken: Business & Life Lessons from Frank Perdue
by Mitzi Perdue -- Reviewed by
Rachel Alexander
- March 31, 2015
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Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy
by Eric Metaxas -- Reviewed by
Georgiana Constantin
- March 16, 2015
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World Order
by Henry Kissinger -- Reviewed by
Nicholas Dima
- March 3, 2015
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Blue Collar Conservatives: Recommitting to an America that Works
by Rick Santorum -- Reviewed by
Gary Hoitsma
- February 17, 2015
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Merger of the Century, Why Canada and America Should Become One Country
by Diane Francis -- Reviewed by
Terri Hall
- February 4, 2015
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The North American Idea: A Vision of a Continental Future
by Robert A. Pastor -- Reviewed by
Rachel Alexander
- January 29, 2015
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Law of the Jungle: The $19 Billion Legal Battle over Oil in the Rain Forest and the Lawyer Who’d Stop at Nothing to Win
by Paul M. Barrett -- Reviewed by
Gustavo Coronel
- December 2, 2014
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Rise of ISIS: A Threat We Can’t Ignore
by Jay Sekulow -- Reviewed by
Morgan Norval
- November 18, 2014
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Outsider Inside The Supreme Court: A Decisive First Amendment Battle
by Shaun McCutcheon -- Reviewed by
Paul Kamenar
- November 4, 2014
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First Globals: Understanding, Managing, and Unleashing Our Millennial Generation
by John Zogby & Joan Snyder Kuhl -- Reviewed by
Terri Hall
- October 28, 2014
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Assault and Flattery: The Truth About the Left and Their War on Women
by Katie Pavlich -- Reviewed by
Taylor Rose
- October 21, 2014
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Mitterrand: A Study in Ambiguity
by Phillip Short -- Reviewed by
John Gizzi
- October 8, 2014
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REAGAN AT REYKJAVIK: Forty-Eight Hours That Ended the Cold War
by Ken Adelman -- Reviewed by
William R. Hawkins
- September 21, 2014
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The Arab Cocoon: Progress and Modernity in Arab Societies
by Tarek Heggy -- Reviewed by
Georgiana Constantin
- September 16, 2014
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Please Stop Helping Us: How Liberals Make It Harder for Blacks to Succeed
by Jason Riley -- Reviewed by
Mary Grabar
- September 4, 2014
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Faithless Execution
by Andrew C. McCarthy -- Reviewed by
Andrew Thomas
- August 26, 2014
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America: Imagine A World Without Her
by Dinesh D’Souza -- Reviewed by
Rachel Alexander
- August 7, 2014
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Inventing Freedom: How the English-Speaking Peoples Made the Modern World
by Daniel Hannan -- Reviewed by
Taylor Rose
- July 29, 2014
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To Make and Keep Peace Among Ourselves and with All Nations
by Angelo M. Codevilla -- Reviewed by
Morgan Norval
- July 22, 2014
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James Madison: A Life Reconsidered
by Lynne Cheney -- Reviewed by
Rachel Alexander
- July 8, 2014
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Inside Castro’s Bunker: The True Story of Fidel Castro’s Inner Circle as Told by One of His Most Trusted Generals
by Rafael del Pino -- Reviewed by
Brian Latell
- June 30, 2014
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Conform: Exposing the Truth about Common Core and Public Education
by Glenn Beck with Kyle Olson -- Reviewed by
Mary Grabar
- May 29, 2014
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Emily Gets Her Gun….But Obama Wants to Take Yours
by Emily Miller -- Reviewed by
Rachel Alexander
- April 24, 2014
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Betrayed: The Shocking True Story of Extortion 17 as told by a Navy SEAL’s Father
by Billy Vaughn with Monica Morrill & Cari Blake
Introduction by Jerry Boykin Lt. Gen. US Army (Ret.) -- Reviewed by
Morgan Norval
- April 8, 2014
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The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, And Their Secret World War
by Stephen Kinzer -- Reviewed by
John Gizzi
- March 18, 2014
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What Lies Across the Water: The Real Story of the Cuban Five
by Stephen Kimber -- Reviewed by
Stuart M. Hoyt, Jr.
- March 12, 2014
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The Story-Killers: A Common-Sense Case Against the Common Core
by Terence O. Moore -- Reviewed by
Mary Grabar
- January 7, 2014
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Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography From Grantham to the Falklands
by Charles Moore -- Reviewed by
Monica Morrill
- December 17, 2013
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Eco-Fascists: How Radical Conservationists Are Destroying Our Natural Heritage
by Elizabeth Nickson -- Reviewed by
Terri Hall
- December 10, 2013
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How Civilizations Die (And Why Islam Is Dying Too)
by David P. Goldman -- Reviewed by
Georgiana Constantin
- November 18, 2013
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The End of Power
by Moisés Naím -- Reviewed by
Gustavo Coronel
- October 28, 2013
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If Not Us, Who? William Rusher, National Review, and the Conservative Movement
by David B. Frisk -- Reviewed by
Mary Grabar
- October 4, 2013
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Divided Highways: Building the Interstate Highways, Transforming American Life
by Tom Lewis -- Reviewed by
Terri Hall
- September 17, 2013
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COOLIDGE
by Amity Shlaes -- Reviewed by
Andrew Thomas
- September 4, 2013
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Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-1956
by Anne Applebaum -- Reviewed by
Stephen R. Bowers
- August 22, 2013
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The Afrika Reich
by Guy Saville -- Reviewed by
John Gizzi
- August 14, 2013
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On the Edge of the Cold War: American Diplomats and Spies in Postwar Prague
by Igor Lukes -- Reviewed by
Pawel Piotr Styrna
- July 25, 2013
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Exiled: Stories From Conservative and Moderate Professors Who Have Been Ridiculed, Ostracized, Marginalized, Demonized and Frozen Out
by Mary Grabar, Ph.D -- Reviewed by
Rachel Alexander
- June 12, 2013
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The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Vol. IV
by Robert A. Caro -- Reviewed by
Bruce Branick
- June 10, 2013
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Radicals: Portraits of a Destructive Passion
by David Horowitz -- Reviewed by
Mary Grabar
- May 10, 2013
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Fighting the Ideological War: Winning Strategies from Communism to Islamism
by Katherine C. Gorka and Patrick Sookhedo -- Reviewed by
Marek Jan Chodakiewicz
- April 26, 2013
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The Greatest Hoax: How The Global Warming Conspiracy Threatens Your Future
by U.S. Senator James Inhofe -- Reviewed by
Richard Bornemann
- April 16, 2013
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Here Come the Black Helicopters! UN Global Governance and the Loss of Freedom
by Dick Morris & Eileen McGann -- Reviewed by
Rachel Alexander
- April 9, 2013
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Why Are Professors Liberal and Why Do Conservatives Care?
by Neil Gross -- Reviewed by
Mary Grabar
- April 3, 2013
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Castro’s Secrets: The CIA and Cuba’s Intelligence Machine
by Brian Latell -- Reviewed by
Stuart M. Hoyt, Jr.
- March 25, 2013
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Agenda 21
by Glenn Beck with Harriet Parke -- Reviewed by
Rachel Alexander
- March 19, 2013
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Intermarium: The Land between the Black and Baltic Seas
by Marek Jan Chodakiewicz -- Reviewed by
Nicholas Dima
- March 12, 2013
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I-69: The Unfinished History of the Last Great American Highway
by Matt Dellinger -- Reviewed by
Terri Hall
- January 22, 2013
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Stalin’s Secret Agents: The Subversion of Roosevelt’s Government
by M. Stanton Evans and Herbert Romerstein -- Reviewed by
Marek Jan Chodakiewicz
- January 8, 2013
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Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power
by Steve Coll -- Reviewed by
Gustavo Coronel
- December 4, 2012
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Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts
by Antonin Scalia -- Reviewed by
Rachel Alexander
- November 27, 2012
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It Was a Long Time Ago, and It Never Happened Anyway: Russia and the Communist Past
by David Satter -- Reviewed by
Marek Jan Chodakiewicz
- October 24, 2012
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Obama's America: Unmaking the American Dream
by Dinesh D'Souza -- Reviewed by
Mary Grabar
- October 15, 2012
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Dangerous Business: The Risks of Globalization for America
by Pat Choate -- Reviewed by
Terri Hall
- October 12, 2012
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Spreading the Wealth: How Obama Is Robbing the Suburbs to Pay for the Cities
by Stanley Kurtz -- Reviewed by
Mary Grabar
- October 2, 2012
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The Communist, Frank Marshall Davis: The Untold Story of Barack Obama’s Mentor
by Paul Kengor, Ph.D. -- Reviewed by
Mary Grabar
- September 4, 2012
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Front Burner: Al Qaeda's Attack on the USS Cole
by Kirk S. Lippold -- Reviewed by
Bruce Branick
- August 20, 2012
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The Rise of Nuclear Iran: How Tehran Defies the West
by Dore Gold -- Reviewed by
Daniel Greenfield
- August 17, 2012
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Hatred's Kingdom: How Saudi Arabia Supports the New Global Terrorism
by Dore Gold -- Reviewed by
Daniel Greenfield
- August 2, 2012
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Strategic Vision: America and the Crisis of Global Power
by Zbigniew Brzezinski -- Reviewed by
Pawel Piotr Styrna
- May 29, 2012
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