Victory at Sea: Naval Power and the Transformation of the Global Order in World War II By Paul Kennedy. Yale University Press, 2022. Hardcover, 544 Pages, $37.50. Reviewed by Casey Chalk. On the eve of Nazi Germany’s invasion of Poland in 1939, any observer would have...
A Time for Wisdom: Knowledge, Detachment, Tranquility, Transcendence By Paul T. McLaughlin and Mark R. McMinn. Templeton Press, 2022. Hardcover, 268 pages, $24.95. Reviewed by Auguste Meyrat. It is one of the great paradoxes of modernity that the more society advances...
The Statesman as Thinker: Portraits of Greatness, Courage, and Moderation By Daniel J. Mahoney. Encounter Books, 2022. Hardcover, 232 pages, $30.99. Reviewed by Zachary K. German. “Let us return to the heights,” Daniel J. Mahoney begins the concluding...
Protestant Social Teaching: An Introduction Edited by Onsi Aaron Kamel, Jake Meador, and Joseph Minich. The Davenant Press, 2022. Paperback, 270 pages, $26.95. Review by John Ehrett. A popular shibboleth of traditionalist history writing is the notion of a direct line...
"If classical teachers believe that truth, beauty, and goodness can indeed change the world, then the sort of student (and teacher and school) described by Esolen is a net gain for this world. And his Classical Catechism serves as a helpful tool in building the necessary common