Stumbling Toward Utopia: How the 1960s Turned Into a National Nightmare and How We Can Revive the American Dream By Timothy S. Goeglein (Fidelis Publishing, 192 pages, $23) Every once in a while, there is a book that, even for…
This is a book review. Now that the election is over, I’ve got a book of my own to write. The Revivalist Agenda, which will be my third political book, is going to come out in late January or early…
Muse of Fire: World War I as Seen Through the Lives of the Soldier Poets By Michael Korda (Liveright Publications, 381 pages, $30) The First World War saw an outburst of poetic creativity unmatched in European history. Fueled by bitter…
AI Needs You: How We Can Change AI’s Future and Save Our Own By Verity Harding (Princeton University Press, 288 pages, $22) The Conservative Futurist: How to Create the Sci-Fi World We Were Promised By James Pethokoukis (Center Street, 336…
Whether you’re running for the White House or dog catcher, renowned political consultant Louis Perron’s new book, Beat the Incumbent, brings objective, data-driven, academic eyes to the world of political campaigns. For candidates, consultants, and citizens, Perron peels back the…
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War By Erik Larson (Crown, 592 pages, $35) The saga of Fort Sumter in the lead-up to the American Civil War is familiar…
A Woman Underground By Andrew Klavan (Mysterious Press, 288 pages, $27) Sometimes it takes several entries in a fiction series to strike gold. There were three terrific James Bond movies before the ultimate, Thunderball (Sorry, Goldfinger aficionados). And Hercule Poirot…
Foolsburg: The History of a Town By Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin (Vintage, 304 pages, $17) In the spring of 2022, as Russian armored columns plunged into the Ukrainian heartland, and as 152 mm artillery shells and Iskander missiles rained down upon Ukrainian…
Behind Closed Doors: In the Room With Reagan & Nixon By Ken Khachigian (Post Hill Press, 496 pages, $35) Ken Khachigian, who worked as an aide and speechwriter to Presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan, has written a marvelous memoir…
