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634 reviews
Ron Paul

Grand Central Publishing, 2008

A True Masterpiece in the Misdirection of Contemporary American Politics and Simple Remedies for Those Ills
This is perhaps the most influential American political book out in the market right now touching a wide range of issues from international policy to domestic, economic, and social issues. This is a fantastic read for Liberty loving Americans everywhere and should be of particular interest to conservatives and libertarians alike. Ron Paul has created an astonishing plan that I did not fully ...

Nicholas & Alexandra

106 reviews
Robert K. Massie

Scribner, 1972

The Tragedy of The Twentieth Century
In 2000, there was much talk about the "most important person of the 20th Century." My choice was always Gavrilo Princip, the young Bosnian assassin who killed Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary, igniting World War I, which caused the Russian Revolution, Communism, and the Treaty of Versailles, which led to Naziism, World War II, atomic bombs, and the Cold War. Of course, there were other ...

The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York

106 reviews
Robert A. Caro

Vintage, 1975

Damning, erudite and compelling
Robert Caro's biography reads like an extraordinary work of investigative journalism - damning, erudite and compelling - that surely would have been appreciated by Robert Moses had he not been the subject. It is a fascinating study of the evolution of government in New York City and Robert Moses' ability to shape laws as the "best bill drafter in Albany" and to seize upon prevailing trends and ...

A Foreign Policy of Freedom: Peace, Commerce, and Honest Friendship

67 reviews
Ron Paul

Foundation for Rational Economics and Educati, 2007

Foreign Policy Alternative based on History, Logic, and Reason
In A Foreign Policy of Freedom, Ron Paul presents his thoughts on foreign policy in a very logical manner substantiated by both reason and history. Paul provides a collection of his statements to congress over the last thirty years that will be eye opening as many of Paul's cautions that went unheard later came into fruition near exactly how he predicted. Whether one agrees with his views ...

Truman

277 reviews

Simon & Schuster, 2004

wonderful sense of American history
I have read most of McCullough's books, and so I knew that after reading this I would understand Harry S. Truman more deeply than I ever had. What I didn't know what was that I would learn so much about 20th century American history. McCullough is a great story-teller. His use of historical details to recreate the man and the times is magnificent. I cannot recommend this book highly enough.

Drug Crazy : How We Got into This Mess and How We Can Get Out

66 reviews
Mike Gray

Routledge, 2000

Dealing with Our Addiction
When it became clear that the medicines called opiates were highly addictive and caused health problems, they were dealt with as nicotine and alcohol are dealt with today. There were honest and realistic public service messages warning of the dangers of opiates, and there was medical help that greatly limited the damage they did to the individual and which had a chance of eliminating his or her ...

Hell in a Handbasket

54 reviews
Tom Tomorrow

Tarcher, 2006

It's funny; sadly, it's also too true
Let's face it: outside of wealthy oilmen and Halliburton stockholders, there haven't been that many people who've benefited from the Bush years (which, as of this writing, continues to be at its nadir of popularity). Of course, one other group that has benefited are political cartoonists, who should be grateful to Bush and company for providing so much material. There are few better at working ...

Back to Basics for the Republican Party, Second Edition

59 reviews
Michael Zak

Michael Zak, 2001

A must read for all conservatives
As the chairman of the fastest growing and most active Young Republican group in my tri-state area I need books like this to more quicky educate conservatives. Whether candidate, supporter, or voter it is pertinent to understand the core values of Republicanism as well as our rich history. Back to Basics for the Republican Party is a terrific book about our values and history. It is in a ...

The Law

86 reviews
Frederic Bastiat

www.bnpublishing.com, 2007

Plunder by the State democratically legalized
In 1850 a French guy wrote this little essay on the Law. It could have been written today in the US, in Europe, because we are certainly not progressing in terms of common-sense, politically. Here are some ideas: -Justice is the absence of injustice. Nothing more than that. -What God does is well done. Do not claim to know more than Him. The fact that this rule is almost universally broken ...

Point of Impact

183 reviews
Stephen Hunter

Bantam, 1993

Hard to put down thanks to a riveting story
Well written and full of suspense. This is my first Stephen Hunter book, but it won't be my last! The story line is not predictable, in fact you'll be surprised at every turn!

Up Front

37 reviews
Bill Mauldin

W. W. Norton, 2000

In Memory of Our Fallen and Our Gold Star Mothers
It's a gift, the ability to draw, to have perspective, to create, to be able to portray human misery as humor, for a reader to see the image and words and turn to laughter. Bill Mauldin had this gift that gained prominence in a time of war where talents rise to their greatest heights or sink to their lowest depths. Truth is portrayed in humor or the humor isn't funny. Sergeant Bill Mauldin, an ...

Unsung Valor: A GI's Story of World War II

52 reviews
A. Cleveland Harrison

University Press of Mississippi, 2000

An extraordinary book
Unsung Valor is truly an extraordinary book. I am 44 years old and have studied World War II rather extensively in the past. However, this book has revealed this war (and all wars) to me in a way that is completely surprising and unique. I now have a different frame of reference for studying all wars, especially World War II. For someone like me who has never served in the military, this book ...

The New American Empire

38 reviews
Rodrigue Tremblay

Infinity Publishing, 2004

Behind the Iraqi Mess
Among the many books written on the Iraq war and the Bush administration's fixation with militarism, this book by economist Tremblay is one of the most readable and most informative. The fact that George W. Bush was planning a premeditated attack on Iraq to secure 'regime change' in that country, even before he took power in January 2001, should make people pause and think. So should the ...

The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874-1932

39 reviews
William Manchester

Delta, 1984

As Good as Biography Gets
This fully lives up to its reputation as perhaps the best biography ever written. Manchester does a peerless, masterful job filling in the background colors and giving a complete picture of Churchill from a young man into his early fifties. As Manchester emphasizes, this background was essentially the decline and fall of the British Empire and the aristocracy who ran it. Manchester's main point, ...

The Dark Horse: The Surprise Election and Political Murder of President James A. Garfield

35 reviews
Kenneth D. Ackerman, Kenneth Ackerman

Da Capo Press, 2003

Well done tale of political intrigue
This is a fascinating look at a little known president in American history. It covers the convention that nominated Garfield where he was not even a contender. Garfield was a representative for General Sherman who was against General Grant and James Blaine. This convention was one of the most interesting in our history and shows how the freedom of delegates can result in a compromise that gives ...

The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Alone, 1932-1940

40 reviews
William Manchester

Delta, 1989

Churchill's true finest hour; this book will give you a better appreciation of Winston's greatness, courage, and foresight
For some inexplicable reason, the second (and unfortunately final) volume of William Manchester's biography sat on my shelf unread for some time. I think because the book spans the years 1932 to 1940 -- and does not cover most of World War II -- I skipped the book over, figuring that Winston's best and most important years were his war years. After reading "Alone", I realized immediately how ...

Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement

47 reviews
John Lewis, Michael D'orso

Simon & Schuster, 1998

Invaluable Primer on Civil Rights and Nonviolence
John Lewis' memoir tells of his pivotal role in the civil rights movement as , literally, its most prominent "fall guy." John Lewis was physically at the forefront of the major civil rights events-getting beaten, arrested, and ultimately, prevailing in the struggle to desegregate the south. He was one of the original Freedom Riders as well as the first person across the Pettis Bridge in Selma. He ...

Dead in Their Tracks: Crossing America's Desert Borderlands

36 reviews
John Annerino

Basic Books, 2003

Walk the Line in this New World
-"Photojournalist John Annerino plunges into a world few Americans ever consider, much less confront: a pitiless trek through the southwestern Arizona Desert that can deliver a man to steady work - or to a whimpering death," Laura Brooks, The Arizona Daily Star. -"Anyone interested in this slaughter should run, not walk, to John Annerino's Dead in Their Tracks," Charles Bowden, author of Down ...

The Glory and the Dream: A Narrative History of America, 1932-1972

37 reviews
William Manchester

Little Brown & Co (T), 1974

US History as Historical Epic in Magisterial Manchester Work
William Manchester bookends this sprawling, epic US history with two protests in the heart of Washington. He opens in 1930 at the rise of the Great Depression, with veterans across from the White House coldly shunned by President Herbert Hoover when asking for advance relief from the Great Depression, then brutally attacked by troops and national guardsmen led by Douglas MacArthur. He concludes ...

Energy Victory: Winning the War on Terror by Breaking Free of Oil

49 reviews
Robert Zubrin

Prometheus Books, 2007

This is a serious book
A serious book calls for a serious review and I will try to provide that. Zubrin covers a lot of ground so I will take this by chapter. First, the author has a PhD in nuclear engineering so he knows the science. The first two chapters provide the rationale for his campaign to replace petroleum with methanol, and to a lesser degree ethanol. The book was written a year ago and the effects of food ...

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