Revolutionary Perspectives

by Michael Zuckert

To Begin the World Anew: The Genius and Ambiguities of the American Founders by bernard bailyn knopf, 185 pages, $26 About twenty-five years ago Bernard Bailyn transformed the study of the American Revolution with his Ideological Origins of the American Revolution. He not only swept the field of . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jun 2003

The New Russian Revolution

by George Weigel

Anyone eager for an inside and in-depth exploration of the New Russian Revolution of August 1991 can thank a watchful Providence that James H. Billington, the Librarian of Congress and America’s foremost historian of Russian culture, just happened to be in Moscow on library business when . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Dec 1992