The future of America and Western Civilization is wholly dependent on informed citizens who have an understanding of the values that have shaped America’s success. Many of these values and principles are contained in the following books and should be considered essential reading for every American patriot.
While I may not agree with every “jot and tittle” in the volumes below, they contain a wealth of knowledge essential to a well-rounded perspective. The books are listed in no certain order. ~ Patrick Calhoun
- Human Action by Ludwig von Mises
- George Washington: A Biography by Douglas Southall Freeman
- The Bible by God (as written by His prophets, disciples, and other authors)
- Economics In One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt
- Basic Economics by Thomas Sowell (actually, anything by Thomas Sowell)
- Meditations by Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
- The March of Freedom by Edwin J. Feulner, Jr.
- The Road to Serfdom by F. A. Hayek
- Free to Choose and Capitalism & Freedom by Milton Friedman
- The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot by Russell Kirk
- The Law by Frederic Bastiat
- The Southern Tradition at Bay; Visions of Order; and Ideas Have Consequences by Richard Weaver
- The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
- The Ethics of Liberty by Murray Rothbard
- A Disquisition on Government by John C. Calhoun
- Wealth and Poverty by George Gilder
- In Defense of Freedom and Related Essays by Frank S. Meyer
- Original Intentions and Founding Fathers by M. E. Bradford
- The Civil War by Shelby Foote
- Second Essay Concerning Civil Government by John Locke
- The History of England by Lord Thomas Macaulay
- The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith
- Any History of America from 1607 to 1940 and preferably those published before World War II
- Witness by Whitaker Chambers
- The Fatal Conceit by F. A. Hayek