The University Bookman
Reviewing Books that Build Culture
Join friends of the Bookman in New York City on December 8, 2025 for the Gerald Russello Memorial Lecture.
What We Once Knew About Global Influence
Francis P. Sempa reviews a book on the effective maritime front of the Cold War.
A Woman Who Reads
Ashlee Cowles welcomes Sarah Clarkson’s invitation to the reading life.
Judging as Realpolitik
“The horror, the horror.” Stephen B. Presser guides us through the scary world behind a new book on judicial tactics.
Supporting Statecraft
Michael J. Ard welcomes a comprehensive new history on the use and misuse of foreign intelligence.
Why Moral Revolutions Matter
Brian A. Smith reviews a book that better explains the reasons people wage war.
The Last Years of Theodore Roosevelt
Carl Rollyson celebrates David Pietrusza’s historical biography of Theodore Roosevelt’s final struggles against Wilsonian idealism.
Casting Extras in The Truman Show
Titus Techera looks back on the prophetic appeal of The Truman Show after twenty years.
The Price of the Peculiar Institution
Casey Chalk reviews a book on the costs of American slavery, its lingering effects, and the role of the North.
Ancient Walls and New Bridges
Hungarian Ambassador Eduard Habsburg walks Rome’s Aurelian Wall and reflects on the sensual fascination of old walls.
The Book Gallery
A collection of conversations with Bookman editor Luke C. Sheahan and writers and authors of imagination and erudition.
