-
Authors
-
-
-
-
-
Recent Comments
Western Resistance
Category Archives: Books and Reviews
Say Goodbye to Adolf Hitler
That is if you are an Ian Kershaw fan. I don’t know what it is about English historians but when it comes to Hitler and Nazism, I find few competitors. Hey, tell me I’m wrong and then tell me the … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Reviews, History
Tagged Adolf Hitler, Anthony Read, German history, Germany, Ian Kershaw, Ian Kershaw's books, Nazi Germany, Nazism, Third Reich, WWII
Leave a comment
Was Napoleon Murdered Or Just A Bored ‘Junkie?’
From time to time, I post different things about Napoleon. I like to read and study about his life. Presently, I am reading a book about his second exile on St. Helena. The name of the book is “Napoleon’s St. … Continue reading
Kennedy’s Priapism Made Him a Reckless President And the Liberal Media a Joke
I’m wondering if Chris Matthews is embarrassed over his constant fawning of Kennedy in light of Mimi Alford’s memoir Once Upon A Secret, or jealous he wasn’t born to be a female intern? Here is an excerpt on President Kennedy … Continue reading
Posted in American Politics, Books and Reviews, History
Tagged Mimi Alford, Once Upon a Secret, President Kennedy
2 Comments
JFK Was a Creep
I think most are OK with the image of the late President John F. Kennedy being a womanizer. However, the more that surfaces on the president’s personal life, the more that conventional rendering fails. This is more than "boys being … Continue reading
David Brooks’ Review of ‘Coming Apart’
Only David Brooks can hit at the heart of things so quickly, simply, and efficiently. He’s a rare talent. Brooks gives a sober review of what looks to be an exhausting effort by author Charles Muuray’s latest study on American … Continue reading
Featured Read: Sean Trende’s, ‘The Lost Majority’
I’ll tell yah, have you ever felt like a kid who just ate their weight in cereal just so you could get the fifty boxtops to mail them off for the junk the cereal company was pushing? Then came the … Continue reading
The End of Sparta: A Novel by Victor D. Hanson
We like to refer to Hanson from time to time as we post here so I was obviously interested when I cam across his recent interview with National Review discussing his new book, “The End of Sparta”. Hanson is prodigious … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Reviews
Tagged historical fiction, The End of Sparta, Victor Davis Hanson
Leave a comment
The Great Books of Western Civilization
Makes for a wonderful Christmas gift.
Cheney’s New Book Promises to Explode Heads in Washington
The left’s boogieman is releasing a new book. The contents, of which, he says, promises to have ‘heads exploding’ in D.C. Part of the tell-all is that he encouraged President Bush to bomb Syria’s suspected nuclear reactor back in 2007. … Continue reading
No Borders. Book Giant Succumbs To Changing Industry
A sad day in history. Borders Group Inc. said it would liquidate after the second-largest U.S. bookstore chain failed to receive any offers to save it. Borders, which employs about 10,700 people, scrapped a bankruptcy-court auction scheduled for Tuesday amid … Continue reading
Five books for Middle Eastern study
by Jason List was pulled from the awesome site, Five Books. 1). The Great Theft: Wrestling Islam from the Extremists, by Khaled Abou El Fadl The extremists used to have a fringe, cult-like thing about them, but they have spread very … Continue reading
Book Review: The Motorcycle Diaries
There is no amount of words which can express how much hell I am going to catch for this one. Recently, I was about as south of our southern border as one could get without freezing one’s extremities off when … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Reviews
Tagged Che Guevara, Communisim, Ernesto Guevara, Revolutionaires, The Motorcycle Diaries
2 Comments
Obama's holiday reading
What book has President Obama set aside for his holiday reading? One of Lou Cannon’s biographies of President Ronald Reagan, of course. The word is that, arguably, he chose one of his best, “President Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime.” … Continue reading
Five great books on political attitudes and conservative ideology
I promise you won’t find these under new releases and recent reviews. So if you missed some of them here is a great opportunity to update your personal library with groundbreaking and monumental works of political science and conservative thought. … Continue reading
