The Geography of the Peace at Eighty

The Geography of the Peace at Eighty

by | May 5, 2024

The Geography of the Peace By Nicholas John Spykman. Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1944. By Francis P. Sempa. As the United States pours more resources into the Ukraine War and the conflicts in the Levant, our policymakers could do worse than reflect on a book written...
Russell Kirk and Japan: Enamored by the Dead

Russell Kirk and Japan: Enamored by the Dead

by | Apr 28, 2024

By Hiro Aida These remarks were delivered on April 19, 2024, at an event hosted by the Japanese Consulate in Miami and the Russell Kirk Center at the 60th Anniversary of The Philadelphia Society in Tampa, Florida. “How kind of you to send me a copy of Ugetsu...
History of the American Revolution Well Told

History of the American Revolution Well Told

by | Mar 10, 2024

The Diplomacy of the American Revolution By Samuel Flagg Bemis. Introduction by Ben Judge.  Encounter Books, 2024. Hardcover, 272 pages, $30.99. Reviewed by Kevin R. C. Gutzman. Samuel Flagg Bemis was a master of American diplomatic history, a field that has now...
Germans at War

Germans at War

by | Dec 3, 2023

Iron and Blood: A Military History of the German-Speaking Peoples since 1500  By Peter H. Wilson.  Belknap Press, 2023. Hardcover, 976 pages, $39.95.  Reviewed by Jesse Russell.  “Not through speeches and majority decisions will the great questions of the day be...