RECOMMENDED READING FOR 2009
By
Chuck Baldwin
January 9, 2009
NewsWithViews.com
I would like to take the opportunity this column affords for my annual review of some books that I have found to be extremely helpful and that, I believe, would greatly benefit any American who truly loves freedom and constitutional government. The Old Testament prophet warned, "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge." That adage is as applicable today as it was then. Truly, our country is being destroyed because of a huge ignorance regarding the principles upon which freedom and liberty rest.
Accordingly, I strongly recommend that readers locate and consume as many of the following books as possible. Some will be difficult to find, while others will be easily obtained.
1.
"A History of the American People" by Paul Johnson
2. "History of the United States" by Alexander
H. Stephens
3. "Political Sermons of the American Founding
Era, 1730-1805" Edited by Ellis Sandoz
4. "Common Sense," "The American Crisis,"
and "Rights of Man" by Thomas Paine
5. "Discourses on Government, Vol. 1" by
Algernon Sidney
6. "The Rights of War and Peace" by Hugo
Grotius
7. "Commentaries on the Laws of England"
(Book 1) by William Blackstone
8. "A View of the Constitution of the United States
of America" by William Rawle
9. "Two Treatises of Government" by John
Locke
10. "Lex Rex, or the Law and the Prince"
by Samuel Rutherford
11. "The Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral"
by Sir Francis Bacon
12. "Of the Law of Nature and Nations" by
Samuel Pufendorf (A large set of at least 8 volumes, but highly regarded
and widely quoted.)
13. "The Law" by Frederic Bastiat
14. "Vindiciae, Contra Tyrannos" edited by
George Garnett
15. "Hitler's Cross" by Erwin Lutzer (I consider
this book to be of highest priority for every Christian minister and
layman. If you have not read this book, go buy it immediately!)
16. "The True Story of The Bilderberg Group"
by Daniel Estulin
17. "The Secret Team" by L. Fletcher Prouty
18. "The Secrets of the Federal Reserve"
by Eustace Mullins
19. "The
Creature from Jekyll Island" by G. Edward Griffin
20. "Defending The Declaration" by Gary T.
Amos
21. "Christianity and the Constitution" by
John Eidsmoe
22. "Christianity and the American Commonwealth"
by Charles B. Galloway
23. "We Hold These Truths" by Lawrence Patton
McDonald
24. "The Five Thousand Year Leap" by W. Cleon
Skousen
25. "Freedom in Chains" by James Bovard
26. "Global
Bondage" by Cliff Kincaid
27. "The Late Great U.S.A." by Jerome Corsi
28. "A Foreign Policy of Freedom" by Ron
Paul
29. "Constitutional 'Homeland Security,' Vol.
1" by Edwin Vieira, Jr.
Of course, I also encourage readers to not forsake the greatest of all books, The Holy Bible. As President Theodore Roosevelt said, "No educated man can afford to be ignorant of the Bible." And as President Andrew Jackson said, "That Book [the Bible], Sir, is the Rock upon which our republic rests."
Obviously, I would not agree with every word or every conclusion propounded by the authors listed above (except the authors of the Bible, of course). Taken on the whole, however, a familiarization with the above volumes would greatly assist any person who desires to contribute to the survival of liberty in these United States of America.
Of course, it is also essential that readers be thoroughly familiar with the three great documents upon which America was founded: the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.
For those who are interested in the War for Southern Independence (otherwise known as The Civil War), I recommend the following books:
1.
"The War Between the States" by John J. Dwyer
2. "A Constitutional View of the Late War Between
the States" by Alexander H. Stephens
3. "The Story of the Confederacy" by Robert
Selph Henry
4. "Story of the Confederate States" by Joseph
T. Derry
5. "A Short History of the Confederate States
of America" by Jefferson Davis
6. "The South Was Right!" by James Ronald
Kennedy and Walter Donald Kennedy
7. "The Real Lincoln" and "Lincoln Unmasked"
by Thomas J. DiLorenzo
8. "Life and Campaigns of Lt. General T. J. (Stonewall)
Jackson" by R. L. Dabney
9. "Stonewall Jackson: The Man, The Soldier, The
Legend" by James I. Robertson, Jr.
10. "Call of Duty" by J. Steven Wilkins
11. "Life & Letters of Gen. Robert Edward
Lee by Dr. J. W. Jones
For spiritual inspiration and enlightenment, I recommend the following works:
1.
"The Road to the Cross" by Herbert F. Stevenson
2. "The Pilgrim's Progress" by John Bunyan
3. "Morning and Evening" by Charles Haddon
Spurgeon
4. "The Normal Christian Life" by Watchman
Nee (Any book written by Nee is worth reading.)
5. Just about anything written by Madame Guyon, especially
"Union with God" and "Experiencing the Depths of Jesus
Christ" (There is no need to send me a nasty letter about her being
a "mystic." Her writings are fantastic.)
6. "The Treasury of David" by Charles Haddon
Spurgeon (This is the best commentary on the book of Psalms that I have
ever read. It is magnificent.)
7. "The Christian in Complete Armour, Vol. 1"
by William Gurnall
8. Just about anything from Andrew Murray, including:
"The Master's Indwelling," "Holy in Christ," "The
Blood of the Cross," and "With Christ in the School of Prayer"
9. "The True Bounds of Christian Freedom"
by Samuel Bolton
10. "Communion with God" by John Owen
11. "The Pursuit of God" by A.W. Tozer
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I remember someone telling me, "A man is only as great as the people he associates with and the books he reads." There is certainly much truth in that statement. Therefore, we should all choose our friends carefully and drink deeply from the well of good books.
Happy reading!
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