Latin American History
Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs (Camilla Townsend)
I have long admired Hernán Cortes, conqueror of the Aztecs. He may not have gotten to Heaven, though who can say, but he exemplified the spirit of the West, that which from Charlemagne to...
On the Trail of Inca Gold (Hector Lazo)
Every American generation has its young adult fiction, and we can all agree it tends to reflect the society of its time. We associate the young adult fiction of the 1950s with books like...
Conquests and Cultures (Thomas Sowell)
Last month, in December 2016, maybe as a Christmas gift to himself, Thomas Sowell announced that he was retiring. Technically, he announced that he was retiring from writing a syndicated column, but at age...
Rivers of Gold: The Rise of the Spanish Empire, from Columbus to Magellan (Hugh Thomas)
“Rivers Of Gold” is not for the faint of heart. If you are looking for a compact treatment of the early Spanish empire in the New World, this isn’t it. If you are looking...
Comandante: Hugo Chávez’s Venezuela (Rory Carroll)
In the United States, most of us glimpse Venezuela in flashes. We know that Hugo Chavez is dead, and we know that his socialism has run Venezuela into the ground. As of this writing,...