The defeat of South Vietnam was arguably America’s worst foreign policy disaster of the 20th Century. Yet a complete understanding of the end-game—from the 27 January 1973 signing of the Paris Peace Accords to South Vietnam’s surrender on 30 April 1975—has eluded us. Black April addresses that deficit…

Political Woman is the first biography of Jeane Kirkpatrick, Ronald Reagan’s UN ambassador and the most forceful presence in the administration in shaping the Reagan Doctrine and fighting the Cold War to a victorious conclusion. Based on countless interviews and unique access to her private papers, Political Woman creates a portrait of an ambitious woman [...]

Since the beginning of the New Deal, American liberals have insisted that the government must do more–much more–to help the poor, to increase economic security, to promote social justice and solidarity, to reduce inequality, and to mitigate the harshness of capitalism.

In the Age of Obama, the racism charge, rather than abating, has become more prevalent than ever. Why? Because to tell the truth about matters like crime, racial profiling, social fallout of single parent homes, or the ways racial preferences distort the very meaning of equity and justice would mean facing up to the soul-destroying [...]

Is there a higher earthly honor than the Nobel Peace Prize? It’s hard to think of one. In Peace, They Say, Jay Nordlinger gives a history of this famous and problematic award, from its inception in 1901 through more than a century of our darkest conflicts, moments of human triumph, and the trials of the [...]