Emperor of the West: Charlemagne and the Carolingian Empire by Hywel Williams

They swoon at the feet of Tariq Ramadan and pour scorn on those who question his motives, such as Ayaan Hirsi Ali

‘We, the victors of the Cold War, the liberators of the evil empire, could never have accomplished our bloodless triumph without a good measure of idealism’

Could anxiety over the future of the West be behind the publication of so many books on the fall of the Roman Empire?

Surrender: Appeasing Islam, Sacrificing Freedom by Bruce Bawer

‘An Iranian bomb would enable Tehran to fulfil the goals of the revolution without using it’

It's fashionable to say the US is in terminal decline. Don't bet on it - still less wish for it

The spread of political 'compassion' has led to the breakdown of family and school discipline. The results have been catastrophic

In a world where life appears to be getting better, why are we in the grip of a suicide epidemic?

Poland used to be written off as a failed state. But it has survived Nazism and communism to become a model for Europe