Josiah Bunting, Author at The American Spectator

Josiah Bunting, Author at The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

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Josiah Bunting

Josiah Bunting is head of the National Civic Literacy Board at the Intercollegiate Studies Institute.

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Reluctant Warriors

by Josiah Bunting | Feb 15, 2007

This article appeared in the December 2006/January 2007 issue of The American Spectator. To subscribe to our monthly print edition, click here. Don’t Tread on Me: A 400-Year History of America at War, From Indian Fighting to Terrorist Hunting by…