“I am here to save the honor of France”: Charles de Gaulle and the American Future
For a time, a brief and momentous time, he was France. It is one of history’s strangest moments. France besieged;…
Owen StrachanDecember 19, 2019
Brexit and the European Union’s Overlooked Ingredient: Review of Mark Royce’s The Political Theology of European Integration
In October, the British Parliament approved Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s request for a general election, which will occur on Thursday….
Mark MeltonDecember 11, 2019
How America’s Wars Have Been (Mostly) Just: Review of Eric Patterson’s Just American Wars
Eric Patterson contends in Just American Wars that the US is unique because of how it considers ethical and moral dilemmas when it fights. Particularly, the country’s democratic institutions force any politician who wishes to engage in a war to explain to voters, civil society, and other parts of the government why the war must be fought.
Mark MeltonNovember 21, 2019
Rich Lowry Calls for a Unifying, Liberal Nationalism
Nationalism should form the bonds of social contract in any great power, and should not just be an idea that is despised by the far-left and usurped by the far-right.
Sumantra MaitraNovember 14, 2019
Babelic America? A Response to Paul D. Miller
I am grateful to Paul D. Miller for his recent review of “Between Babel and Beast.” Some of his criticisms hit home, some miss the mark. I respond to a few.
Peter J. LeithartNovember 12, 2019
Humbling Account of a Vietnam Tragedy: Review of Mark Bowden’s Hue 1968
Mark Bowden’s Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam is a book about an epic tragedy….
Thomas E. WilsonNovember 11, 2019
Mythbusters: American Founding Edition — Review of Mark David Hall’s Did America Have a Christian Founding?
In Did America Have a Christian Founding? Mark David Hall explores a perennially debated topic that needs a proper evaluation now more than ever.
Alexandra NieuwsmaNovember 7, 2019
Religious Freedom in Muslim and Christian Lands: Review of Philpott’s Religious Freedom in Islam and Wilken’s Liberty in the Things of God
It is a common misconception that Christianity is historically the bastion of and main cheerleader for religious freedom and Islam…
Tim ScheidererOctober 31, 2019
A Conflicted American Perspective on Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Review of Haynes’ The Battle for Bonhoeffer
In recent years, critical American scholarship on the life and witness of Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer has uncritically polarized the anti-Nazi…
Timothy MallardOctober 24, 2019
