Waller R. Newell

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Latest 

• Zelensky’s manliness revives a western ideal

• Vladimir Putin, Tyrant

• Impeachment has always been a purely political process

• Donald Trump was at war with himself – and the isolationist won

• Is Donald Trump a fascist?

• The real Thucydides trap

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On tyranny and terror

• Poverty isn’t the root cause of jihadist terrorism. Here’s what is

• Understanding tyranny and terror from the French revolution to modern Islam

• A Coup isn’t always the enemy of democracy

• How Plato and Aristotle help us to understand the tyranny of Bashar –Al Assad

• The righteous anger of young men (The real roots of terrorism)

• You say you want a revolution?

• It’s the ideology, stupid:

• Why is Ahamdinejad smiling? 

• Postmodern Jihad: What Osama bin Laden learned from the Left

• To defeat tyranny today, look to the past

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On culture

• The crisis of manliness

• The cult of Princess Diana

• The method of truth: Hans-Georg Gadamer 1900-2002

• Moses revealed: he was more than a successful manager

• The candidate as world-wide celebrity

• Canon fodder: reading the Great Books

• Is there a Straussian foreign policy?

• Alexandre Kojeve: conservative icon, Soviet agent

• Reflections on the tragedy in Orlando from an expert on tyranny

• Donald Trump: the anti-Reagan

• The next best books essay: resisting the war on history

• Canada’s principled founding

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Newell's reviews

• Two Saulitudes: review of John Ralston Saul’s The Unconscious Civilization

• Being, in Love: Review of Elizbieta Ettinger’s Hannah Arendt-Martin Heidegger

• Connor Cruise O’brein's On the Eve of the Millennium 

• Michael Ignatieff's The Warrior’s Honour: Ethnic War and Modern Conscience

• Paul Rahe's The Spartan Regime: Its Character, Origins, and Grand Strategy

• Victor Sebestyen's Lenin: The Man, The Dictator, and the Master of Terror

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Reviews of Newell's work

• Tyranny: A New Interpretation:

  • Giovanni Giorgini reviews

  • Joe Herbert reviews 

  • L. Joseph Hebert reviews 

  • Andras Lanczi reviews 

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• Tyrants: A History of Power, Injustice, and Terror:

  • Norma Thompson reviews

  • Damien K. Picariello reviews

  • Davide D’Alessandro reviews the Italian release of Tyrants

  • Christopher Berger reviews 

  • Will Morrissey reviews

  • David T. Koyzis reviews 

  • Thomas M.J. Bateman Discusses Trump, Tyranny, and Newell’s Tyrants: A History of Power, Injustice, and Terror

  • Timothy Lusch reviews

  • Caldrail reviews 

  • Aaron Mclean reviews

  • Mark Milke reviews

  • M Harold Page reviews

  • Lawrence Solomon reviews 

  • Allan Levine reviews

  • Robert Sibley reviews

  • Peter Leithart reviews 

  • Andras Lanczi reviews 

  • Patrick Malcomson reviews 

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• Other

  • Aaron Mclean Reviews Newell's the Next Best Books

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