All posts tagged "American History"
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Non-Fiction Reviews
Horace Greeley: Champion of American Freedom byRobert C. Williams
August 9, 2024Horace Greeley is a familiar name, but how much do today’s Americans know about him? Most...
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Non-Fiction Reviews
Dissonance: The Turbulent Days Between Fort Sumter and Bull Run: by David Detzer
August 7, 2024David Detzer’s new book "Dissonance" completes his trilogy about those fateful weeks and months of 1861,...
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Non-Fiction Reviews
Democracy and Populism : Fear and Hatred by John Lukacs
August 7, 2024You may not like what he says, you may not agree with his conclusions, but his...
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Chief Joseph & the Flight of the Nez Perce: The Untold Story of an American Tragedy by Kent Nerburn
August 4, 2024No one knows for certain who first uttered the notorious statement that "the only good Indian...
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Blessed Among Nations: How the World Made America by Eric Rauchway
August 4, 2024Academics often say that there are two ways to use history: As a means to understand...
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An Interview With Scott Zesch
July 27, 2024"It seems to have been universal throughout North America. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, abductions...
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An Interview With Thomas E. Woods Jr.
July 27, 2024"The book takes a strongly antistatist position, and advances views that used to be common among...
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An Interview With Chilton Williamson
July 26, 2024"I am against all organizations with the word “World” in their names. As for free trade,...
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Book Review: George F. Kennan: An American Life by John Lewis Gaddis
June 17, 2024George Frost Kennan was one of the most influential of all American diplomats, as well as...
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Book Review: Mightier Than The Sword: Uncle Tom’s Cabin and the Battle for America by David S. Reynolds
April 21, 2024The escalating one-upmanship led to some truly bizarre innovations, such as casting famous boxers in the...