The immediacy, the profound sincerity of Petrarch's Italian poems conditioned their tremendous influence on contemporaries and later generations. His beloved, he calls Laura and reports only that she first saw her in the church of Santa Chiara on April 6,...

Strongly influenced by Classical drama, Jean Racine (1639–99) broke away from the grandiose theatricality of baroque drama to create works of intense psychological realism, with characters manipulated by cruel and vengeful gods. Iphigenia depicts a princess’s absolute submission to her...

"Previous to this monograph, as far as I know, no Civil War historian has examined in depth the contributions of a norther college in the War Between the States. Hillsdale College played active political, military, and abolitionist roles in the...

Here, in his own words, are the fascinating first thirty years in the life of one of the most provocative and compelling leaders of the twentieth century: Winston Churchill.As a visionary, statesman, and historian, and the most eloquent spokesman against...

Using scholarship that often crackles with controversy, historian Arlan Gilbert explains why -- since its founding on the western frontier -- Hillsdale College has symbolized freedom and independence while steadfastly reflecting the values of heartland America. By his extensive use...

"Of the generations who followed the Founders, some who would prove the most indispensable to the survival of the Republic down to our own time were its leaders in education. Of these, Ransom Dunn, while not among the most famous,...

It is hardly an exaggeration to say that Calvin Coolidge, the 30th President of the United States, has no academic defenders. He is almost universally regarded by historians as a fit object for denunciation and ridicule. According to the conventional...

A Protestant republic In recent years, America’s status as a “Christian nation” has become an incredibly vexed question. This is not simply a debate about America’s present, or even its future–it has become a debate about its past. Some want...

The effects of war refuse to remain local: they persist through the centuries, sometimes in unlikely ways far removed from the military arena. In Ripples of Battle, the acclaimed historian Victor Davis Hanson weaves wide-ranging military and cultural history with his...

Drawing on a wealth of evidence from all sides, Triumph Forsaken overturns most of the historical orthodoxy on the Vietnam War. Through the analysis of international perceptions and power, it shows that South Vietnam was a vital interest of the United States....

The left’s partisan push to pack the Supreme Court with liberal justices has fully migrated from the fringes into the mainstream of Democratic politics. It wasn’t long ago that liberal icons, including the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg,...

Stirring portraits of five commanders whose dynamic leadership changed the course of war and history by prominent military historian Victor Davis Hanson. Are wars won by the largest armies? The most advanced technology? The toughest troops? All play a role--but...

The America of the modern administrative state is not the America of the original Constitution. This transformation comes not only from the ordinary course of historical change and development, but from a radical, new philosophy of government that was imported...

Triumph Regained: The Vietnam War 1965-1968 is the long-awaited sequel to the immensely influential Triumph Forsaken: The Vietnam War, 1954-1965. Like its predecessor, this book overturns the conventional wisdom using a treasure trove of new sources, many of them from the...

An intimate study of Abraham Lincoln’s powerful vision of democracy, which guided him through the Civil War and is still relevant today—by a best-selling historian and three-time winner of the Lincoln Prize Abraham Lincoln grappled with the greatest crisis of...

The Great Expedition to Sicily described in the sixth and seventh books of Thucydides' history can be depicted in a variety of ways. By some, it has been thoughtfully treated as an example of overreaching on the part of the...

Over the course of its history, the United States Supreme Court has emerged as the most powerful judiciary unit the world has ever seen. Paul D. Moreno’s How the Court Became Supreme offers a deep dive into its transformation from an institution...

The American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) was established to remember and honor American soldiers who fought and died in foreign wars during the past hundred years. Since the agency was founded in 1923, its sole purpose has been to commemorate...