Holiday Reading Picks
Law & Liberty collected holiday reading picks from its editorial staff (here). Here is my favorite book from 2024. Thanks to Real Clear Books!
Victor Davis Hanson, The End of Everything: American conservatives tend to focus on their nation’s own brief history, as if time began on July 4, 1776. With a narrative spanning several millennia, The End of Everything by Victor Davis Hanson reminds us that genuine civilizational collapse—even extinction—is not only possible, but can occur suddenly and without forewarning, through destructive warfare. The specter of annihilation is a sobering lesson about the ephemeral nature of human societies, many of which met their demise despite misplaced confidence in their omnipotence. Hanson’s erudition is impressive even if his recitation of history is disconcerting. His grim Epilogue, “How the Unimaginable Became the Inevitable,” is not for the faint of heart.
