Every Educational Bureaucracy is Unhappy in Its Own Way
American Trojan: Leadership, Resilience, and the Renewal of Higher Education By C.L. Max Nikias. Encounter Books, 2026. Hardcover, 552 pages, $39.99. Reviewed by Christopher R. Green. Max Nikias’s memoir of his career, especially his time as president at USC, is...
The Problems of American Higher Education
Higher Education in America: It’s Worse Than You Think Edited by Kevin D. Roberts with an introduction and conclusion by Christopher F. Rufo. Encounter Books, 2026. Hardcover, 308 pages, $32.99. Reviewed by Nathaniel Urban. Sometimes, a title speaks for itself. Kevin...
Techne and Themis in History
The Mighty Continent: A Candid History of Modern Europe By Walter A. McDougall. Creed & Culture, 2026. Hardcover, 466 pages, $38. Reviewed by Michael Federici. In an era when so many aspects of life are being consolidated, it is refreshing and encouraging to...
Winston Churchill’s Path to Leadership
My Early Life: A Roving Commission By Winston S. Churchill. Edited by James W. Muller. St. Augustine’s Press, 1930/2025. Hardcover, 608 pages, $50. Reviewed by Frank A. von Hippel. Winston Churchill was a prolific and ambitious writer, for which he was...
John Adams: Russell Kirk’s Founding Federalist
By Michael Lucchese. A Russell Kirk Center Special Series Throughout the semiquincentennial year celebrating America’s independence, The University Bookman will invite a range of writers and speakers to contribute to a series drawing upon Russell Kirk’s work on the...
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