Book Reviews - The New American

Nurturing the Great Depression

With all eyes on the precarious global economy, 20th-century economic history has never been more relevant. Interpretations of the defining economic episode of...

May 29, 2009

Roots of Economic Crisis

Denise Behreandt May 15, 2009

Once upon a time, when the world was still on the gold standard, four men destroyed the financial order of things by engineering,...

Orwell’s “1984” Revisited

Steven J. DuBord April 16, 2009

George Orwell's novel 1984, published in 1949, portrayed a future totalitarian world, ruled by a seemingly omnipotent tyrant called Big Brother. When the...

Economics a Hot Topic in Woods’ Book “Meltdown”

Steven J. DuBord April 1, 2009

Today's hard times are prompting people to learn more about the forces that drive our economy, and the book Meltdown, by Thomas Woods,...

A “Just” War or Just a War?

Dennis Behreandt March 6, 2009

From Korea to Iraq, America has waged undeclared war; Laurence Vance's Christianity and War sheds light on how this war making corresponds to...

Could Bush Be Prosecuted?

Thomas R. Eddlem February 19, 2009

Two recently published books address the possibility of prosecuting George W. Bush and top Bush administration officials for crimes committed while in office....

Ron Paul: A Man of Ideas and Ideals

Steven J. DuBord December 29, 2008

Ron Paul: A Life of Ideas, the first book-length biography of the noted congressman, tells the back story of the man behind the...

A Convenient Book About the Environment

Steven J. DuBord October 30, 2008

Anyone concerned about the environment and seeking the best solutions for how to protect it will find The Really Inconvenient Truths, by Iain...

Politics and Personality

Steven J. DuBord October 1, 2008

In The Obama Nation, author Jerome Corsi offers some devastating critiques of Barack Obama, including his ties to radical leftists and his "cult...

Doting Over America’s Decline

Steven J. DuBord September 19, 2008

Respected newsman and consummate insider, Fareed Zakaria paints a rosy picture of unabated globalism and global governance and tells why America's crises are...