With every passing year, as memories of the Vietnam War fade from our nation’s historical consciousness, the calls for America to reassert itself in the world arena grow more insistent. A proliferation of national-security think tanks and conservative publicists issue daily proclamations that all the world is a battleground between the United States and its [...]

Leaders of the old right were among the most outspoken – and farsighted – critics of America’s descent into the Cold War. Having just seen the United States emerge from the bloodiest global conflagration of all time, they were loathe to embark on further foreign adventures that might entail similar sacrifices of life, liberty, and [...]