Best of
Politics

1864

The Dialogue in Hell Between Machiavelli and Montesquieu: Humanitarian Despotism and the Conditions of Modern Tyranny


Maurice Joly - 1864
    John Waggoner's superb translation of and commentary on Joly's Dialogue--the first faithful translation in English--seeks not only to update the sordid legacy of the Protocols but to redeem Joly's original work for serious study in its own right, rather than through the lens of antisemitism. Waggoner's work vindicates a man who was neither an antisemite nor a supporter of the kind of tyrannical politics the Protocols subsequently served and presents Maurice Joly, once much maligned and too long ignored, as one of the nineteenth century's foremost political thinkers.

The Christian Life and Character of the Civil Institutions of the United States


Benjamin F. Morris - 1864
    This monumental work by Benjamin Morris documents the extensive and essential Christian contribution to the development of the United States of America.