The traditional explanation that America was drawn inevitably into the Vietnam quagmire because it was a critical front in the cold war between the United States and the Soviet Union is challenged convincingly in these two important... Read More

Few presidents are as revered, as disliked, or as influential as Ronald Reagan, and not many books offer such an unvarnished appraisal as this one of the fortieth president. The author is professor of history at McGill University and the... Read More

Pat Brown was the right man to serve as California governor (1959—1965) during the state’s period of both booming population and economic growth. His record of liberal activism led to a major expansion of the state’s higher... Read More

Not since Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill have an American president and a British prime minister shared such a close and important partnership, says the author in this first-rate investigation of the Blair-Bush nexus with its... Read More

From 1994 to 2007, Todd Farley carved out an increasingly lucrative career in the standardized testing industry, which left him more than a little cynical and disillusioned about student evaluation. He was a self-described... Read More

“The great myth of war is that it can be left behind,” Catherine Whitney observes in this stirring, yet sadly familiar story about her brother, Jim Schuler. Retired Staff Sergeant Schuler lived through three years in Vietnam, but he... Read More

For better or for worse, the 1828 presidential election remains the model for all campaigns that followed. The election pitted incumbent John Quincy Adams against Andrew Jackson, whose followers claimed he was denied the presidency in... Read More

“Pirate society was energetic and testosterone filled similar to a college fraternity only with peg legs and fewer teeth” quips the author the BB&T Professor for the Study of Capitalism in the Department of Economics at George... Read More