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History/Cultural Studies

Cover of 'History Upside Down: The Roots of Palestinian Fascism and the Myth of Israeli Aggression'

History Upside Down

hardcover, by David Meir-Levi — In the United Nations, on university campuses, and among a growing number of our most prestigious Western newspapers, the historical record has been rewritten so thoroughly that Israel is seen as the worst of the oppressive Western occupiers of the Third World. So successful has this campaign been that Palestinian spinmeisters and their apologists have effectively declared that the[...]

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Cover of 'Finding the Target: The Transformation of American Military Policy'

Finding the Target

paper, by Frederick W. Kagan — The American military has met a daunting set of challenges over the past few decades, from facing down the vast Soviet armies to hunting individual terrorists in the mountains of Afghanistan. Throughout this period, the armed forces have been engaged in a continual process of reinvention, commonly called transformation. Military officers and civilians have been constantly forced not only to cope[...]

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Cover of 'Camelot and the Cultural Revolution: How the Assassination of John F. Kennedy Shattered American Liberalism'

Camelot and the Cultural Revolution

hardcover, by James Piereson — It has now been more than forty years since President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on the streets of Dallas on November 22, 1963. No event in the post-war era, not even the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, has cast such a long shadow over our national life. The murder of the handsome and vigorous president shocked the nation to its core, and shook the faith of many Americans in[...]

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