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A wonderfully written, sweeping narrative history of the United States that will help Americans discover the land they call home. For too long we’ve lacked a compact, inexpensive, authoritative, and compulsively readable book that offers American readers a clear, informative,...

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...

"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...

"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,...

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 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...

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 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...

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...

Peter Jackson's film version of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy - and the accompanying Rings-related paraphernalia and publicity - has played a unique role in the disemmination of Tolkien's imaginative creation to the masses. Yet, for most readers and viewers,...

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....

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...

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...