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Woodrow Wilson & Moralistic America
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Moral Values in an Era of Globalization: Review of Ignatieff’s The Ordinary...
Is globalization strengthening shared moral values and behaviors among nation-states? Michael Ignatieff, who has written many journalistic and scholarly books on international political ethics,...
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China’s Plan for a New World Order: Review of Maçães’ Belt and Road
Resolution to America and China’s tit-for-tat trade war seems improbable for now. Last month the disputes continued when China retaliated against President Donald Trump’s announcement of tariffs on...
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The Lamb and the Lion: Review of Boyd’s Crucifixion of the Warrior God
An abridged version of J. Daryl Charles’ review of Gregory A. Boyd’s Crucifixion of the Warrior God that appeared in the Winter 2019 issue of the print edition can be read here. Gregory A. Boyd’s...
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A Path to Submission: Michel Houellebecq, Sex, and History
With the 2015 publication of Submission, Michel Houellebecq became notorious. This slim novel speculated how Islamist parties might rise to power in a near-future France. The furor it caused in...
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Paul Ramsey and the Recovery of the Just War Idea
The year 2018 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Paul Ramsey’s The Just War: Force and Political Responsibility. It takes far less than 50 years to forget most books, but there are...
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The Just War Idea and America’s Wars: Eric Patterson’s Just American Wars:...
American thinkers initiated the recovery of the just war idea and its use in contemporary debate on ethics and the use of armed force, and they have been major contributors to the robust debate that...
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The World Turned, but in What Direction? Review of Jacobs’ The Year of Our...
In 1943, the tide of World War II shifted against the Axis powers, but as the Allies advanced, many began to wonder, What happens after the war? The luxury of this consideration came at great cost to...
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“The Bookcase” Spring-Summer 2019 Issue
The Right Side of History: How Reason and Moral Purpose Made the West Great, by Ben Shapiro (Broadside, 2019). This broad-sweeping work takes a stab at 3,500 years of Western history and philosophy to...
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A Conflicted American Perspective on Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Review of Haynes’...
In recent years, critical American scholarship on the life and witness of Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer has uncritically polarized the anti-Nazi German pastor along two generalizations: he is either seen...
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Religious Freedom in Muslim and Christian Lands: Review of Philpott’s...
It is a common misconception that Christianity is historically the bastion of and main cheerleader for religious freedom and Islam is the poster boy for religious oppression. Despite their disparate...
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Mythbusters: American Founding Edition — Review of Mark David Hall’s Did...
In Did America Have a Christian Founding? Mark David Hall explores a perennially debated topic that needs a proper evaluation now more than ever. An increasingly secular national culture has grown...
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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. As a Vietnam veteran myself, I found Bowden’s book a humbling read. My combat experiences were...
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Babelic America? A Response to Paul D. Miller
I am grateful to Paul D. Miller for his recent review of Between Babel and Beast. It’s gratifying to know he considered the book worth engaging several years after its publication, and I’m thankful...
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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. After my first time in...
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How America’s Wars Have Been (Mostly) Just: Review of Eric Patterson’s Just...
In 2013 at the American Political Science Association’s annual meeting, Providence contributing editor Eric Patterson heard a panel discussion over whether the colonists were justified in fighting the...
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Brexit and the European Union’s Overlooked Ingredient: Review of Mark Royce’s...
In October, the British Parliament approved Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s request for a general election, which will occur on Thursday. After the House of Commons blocked then-Prime Minister Theresa...
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“I am here to save the honor of France”: Charles de Gaulle and the American...
For a time, a brief and momentous time, he was France. It is one of history’s strangest moments. France besieged; France defeated; France capitulated; and then, four years later, France reborn. France...
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Heroic Materialism: Review of Joshua Hawley’s Theodore Roosevelt: Preacher of...
At 40 years of age, Joshua David Hawley (R-MO) is the youngest United States senator. By training a lawyer active in numerous conservative causes, he is also one of very few elected officials to have...
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Appeasement’s Eternal Lessons
The story is so well known, maybe too often retold and often overly projected onto contemporary events. But its lessons are timeless and, properly understood, mustn’t be forgotten or minimized....
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