The Inadequacy of Burke in Part

The Inadequacy of Burke in Part

by | Aug 20, 2023

Edmund Burke and the Perennial Battle, 1789–1797 Edited by Daniel B. Klein and Dominic Pino. CL Press, 2022. Paperback, 172 pages, $9. Reviewed by William F. Byrne. Edmund Burke has always been recognized as an important thinker, and—at least by some, and in some...
Non-Western Conservatism

Non-Western Conservatism

by | Aug 13, 2023

Russian Conservatism By Paul Robinson. Northern Illinois University Press, 2019. Hardcover, 300 pages, $41.95. Reviewed by Matthew Slaboch. On February 24, 2022, Russian military forces under the order of President Vladimir Putin invaded neighboring Ukraine,...
Communism: Product of the Fallen West

Communism: Product of the Fallen West

by | Jul 30, 2023

Communism and the Conscience of the West By Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. Cluny Media, 2021. Paperback, 227 pages, $22.95. Reviewed by Joseph Tuttle. Written only a few years following World War II, Communism and the Conscience of the West surveys the philosophy of...
Inside the Split Mind of George Kennan

Inside the Split Mind of George Kennan

by | Jul 23, 2023

Kennan: A Life Between Worlds By Frank Costigliola. Princeton University Press, 2023.  Hardcover, 648 pages, $39.95. Reviewed by John C. Chalberg. Biographies of George Frost Kennan can have tales of their own. Or so concludes Kennan’s most recent biographer,...
Reagan as Peacemaking Cold Warrior

Reagan as Peacemaking Cold Warrior

by | Jul 2, 2023

The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, the Cold War, and the World on the Brink By William Inboden. Dutton, 2022. Hardcover, 608 pages, $35. Reviewed by Jason C. Phillips. Mikhail Gorbachev’s recent death has led to a renewed interest in the Cold War, making the recent...