Books
Party Government and the Settlement of 1688
– "Party Government and the Settlement of 1688," American Political Science Review, Vol. 58 (1964), pp. 933-946.Rationality and Representation in Burke’s Bristol Speech
– "Rationality and Representation in Burke's Bristol Speech," Rational Decision, C.J. Friedrich, ed., pp. 197-216.Statesmanship and Party Government: A Study of Burke and Bolingbroke
– University of Chicago Press, 1965.Excerpt: In considering the origins of party government, we face this problem: parties are universal, but party government is recent. Parties are universal because in politics men act for… More
Review of Burke, Paine, and the Rights of Man
– Review of Burke, Paine, and the Rights of Man: A Difference of Political Opinion, by R. R. Fennessy, The Burke Newsletter, vol. 6 (Spring 1965): 443-45.Review of The Correspondence of Edmund Burke
– Review of The Correspondence of Edmund Burke Volume V: July 1782-June 1789, Holden Furber and P. J. Marshall, eds., Political Science Quarterly, December 1966.Burke and Machiavelli on Principles in Politics
– "Burke and Machiavelli on Principles in Politics," Edmund Burke: The Enlightenment and the Modern World, P.H. Stanlis, ed., University of Detroit Press, 1967, pp. 49-79.Review of J.R. Pole’s Political Representation in England and the Origins of the American Republic
– Review of J.R. Pole's Political Representation in England and the Origins of the American Republic, Studies in Burke and His Time, Vol. 8 (1967), pp. 793-799.Comment on Mr. Plumb’s Paper
– "Comment on Mr. Plumb’s Paper," Man Versus Society in Eighteenth-Century Britain, James Clifford, ed., London: Cambridge University Press, 1968.Burke on Christianity
– "Burke on Christianity," Studies in Burke and His Time, Vol. 9 (1968), pp. 864-865.Bolingbroke, 1st Viscount
– "Bolingbroke, 1st Viscount," and "Burke, Edmund," Encyclopedia Americana, New York: Americana Corporation, 1969.Review of Politics and Experience
– Review of Politics and Experience, Preston King and B. C. Parekh, eds., Studies in Burke and His Time, vol. 10 (1969): 1284-87.Review of The Social Thought of Rousseau and Burke
– Review of The Social Thought of Rousseau and Burke: A Comparative Study, by David Cameron, Studies in Burke and His Time, vol. 17 (Winter 1976): 64-68.Spirit of Liberalism
– Harvard University Press, 1978.Excerpt: IN THE election of 1972 the coalition of which the Democratic party is composed came unstuck as its voters divided into enthusiasts for McGovern or against Nixon and supporters of… More
Review of Liberty and Property: Political Ideology in Eighteenth-Century Britain
– Review of Liberty and Property: Political Ideology in Eighteenth-Century Britain, by H. T. Dickinson, William and Mary Quarterly, ser. 3, vol. 37 (October 1980): 671-73.Selected Letters of Edmund Burke
– Edited with an introduction entitled "Burke's Theory of Political Practice," University of Chicago Press, 1984.Edmund Burke
– "Edmund Burke," History of Political Philosophy, Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey, eds., 3rd ed., Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987.Excerpt: For almost all his adult life, Burke was a politician; for almost thirty years he was a member of the House of Commons, busy with the affairs of his party in the daily management… More
The Great Edmund Burke
– "The Great Edmund Burke," review of The Great Melody, by Conor Cruise O'Brien, New Criterion, November 1992.Excerpt: The publication of The Great Melody is an event not just in the small circle of Edmund Burke scholarship but also in the larger community of historians. Still more, and above all,… More
America’s Constitutional Soul
– The Johns Hopkins University Press; Reprint edition (March 1, 1993)Excerpt: When it comes to American politics, I am an amateur. I love America at its best, or even at its most characteristic: “only in America.” Perhaps this kind of love ought… More
The Unfinished Revolution
– "The Unfinished Revolution," Three Beginnings: Revolution, Rights, and the Liberal State, Stephen F. Englehart and John Allphin Moore, Jr., eds., New York: Peter Lang, 1994, pp. 9-30. Reprinted in The Legacy of the French Revolution, Ralph C. Hancock and L. Gary Lambert, eds., Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 1996. pp. 19-41.Gentlemen’s Gentleman
– "Gentlemen's Gentleman: Edmund Burke's Critique of Theory," Times Literary Supplement, 11 July 1997.Machiavelli’s Virtue
– University Of Chicago Press; Reprint edition (March 25, 1998)Excerpt: Machiavelli’s political science has not received the attention it deserves. All commentators are attracted, with a force they often seem not to understand, by the question of… More
A Student’s Guide to Political Philosophy
– Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2001.Excerpt: Political Philosophy is found in great books—those by Plato, Aristotle, Locke, Rousseau and others of the highest rank—and in books by professors. You should spend much more… More
Those Hell-Hounds Called Terrorists
– "Those Hell-Hounds Called Terrorists," Claremont Review of Books, Fall 2001.Excerpt: These are the words of Edmund Burke, referring to a corps of irregulars used to enforce the tyranny of the French Revolution. I hope I will not be drafted into the “blame… More
Burke’s Conservatism
– “Burke’s Conservatism,” An Imaginative Whig: Reassessing the Life and Thought of Edmund Burke, Ian Crowe, ed., Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press, 2005, 59-70.Harvey Mansfield Interview
– Interview with Bruce Cole, National Endowment for the Humanities, 2007.Excerpt: BRUCE COLE: How would you describe your scholarly activity or intellectual interests? HARVEY MANSFIELD The book I recently published on manliness is my most topical and has… More
The Arts of Rule Eds. Krause/McGrail
– The Arts of Rule: Essays in Honor of Harvey Mansfield, Sharon R. Krause and Mary Ann McGrail, eds., Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2009.Excerpt: This is a book about the arts of rule. It has been created for the purpose of honoring Harvey C. Mansfield, who has taught so many of us so much about these arts. Above all, he has… More
Essays
Party Government and the Settlement of 1688
– "Party Government and the Settlement of 1688," American Political Science Review, Vol. 58 (1964), pp. 933-946.Rationality and Representation in Burke’s Bristol Speech
– "Rationality and Representation in Burke's Bristol Speech," Rational Decision, C.J. Friedrich, ed., pp. 197-216.Statesmanship and Party Government: A Study of Burke and Bolingbroke
– University of Chicago Press, 1965.Excerpt: In considering the origins of party government, we face this problem: parties are universal, but party government is recent. Parties are universal because in politics men act for… More
Review of Burke, Paine, and the Rights of Man
– Review of Burke, Paine, and the Rights of Man: A Difference of Political Opinion, by R. R. Fennessy, The Burke Newsletter, vol. 6 (Spring 1965): 443-45.Review of The Correspondence of Edmund Burke
– Review of The Correspondence of Edmund Burke Volume V: July 1782-June 1789, Holden Furber and P. J. Marshall, eds., Political Science Quarterly, December 1966.Burke and Machiavelli on Principles in Politics
– "Burke and Machiavelli on Principles in Politics," Edmund Burke: The Enlightenment and the Modern World, P.H. Stanlis, ed., University of Detroit Press, 1967, pp. 49-79.Review of J.R. Pole’s Political Representation in England and the Origins of the American Republic
– Review of J.R. Pole's Political Representation in England and the Origins of the American Republic, Studies in Burke and His Time, Vol. 8 (1967), pp. 793-799.Comment on Mr. Plumb’s Paper
– "Comment on Mr. Plumb’s Paper," Man Versus Society in Eighteenth-Century Britain, James Clifford, ed., London: Cambridge University Press, 1968.Burke on Christianity
– "Burke on Christianity," Studies in Burke and His Time, Vol. 9 (1968), pp. 864-865.Bolingbroke, 1st Viscount
– "Bolingbroke, 1st Viscount," and "Burke, Edmund," Encyclopedia Americana, New York: Americana Corporation, 1969.Review of Politics and Experience
– Review of Politics and Experience, Preston King and B. C. Parekh, eds., Studies in Burke and His Time, vol. 10 (1969): 1284-87.Review of The Social Thought of Rousseau and Burke
– Review of The Social Thought of Rousseau and Burke: A Comparative Study, by David Cameron, Studies in Burke and His Time, vol. 17 (Winter 1976): 64-68.Spirit of Liberalism
– Harvard University Press, 1978.Excerpt: IN THE election of 1972 the coalition of which the Democratic party is composed came unstuck as its voters divided into enthusiasts for McGovern or against Nixon and supporters of… More
Review of Liberty and Property: Political Ideology in Eighteenth-Century Britain
– Review of Liberty and Property: Political Ideology in Eighteenth-Century Britain, by H. T. Dickinson, William and Mary Quarterly, ser. 3, vol. 37 (October 1980): 671-73.Selected Letters of Edmund Burke
– Edited with an introduction entitled "Burke's Theory of Political Practice," University of Chicago Press, 1984.Edmund Burke
– "Edmund Burke," History of Political Philosophy, Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey, eds., 3rd ed., Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987.Excerpt: For almost all his adult life, Burke was a politician; for almost thirty years he was a member of the House of Commons, busy with the affairs of his party in the daily management… More
The Great Edmund Burke
– "The Great Edmund Burke," review of The Great Melody, by Conor Cruise O'Brien, New Criterion, November 1992.Excerpt: The publication of The Great Melody is an event not just in the small circle of Edmund Burke scholarship but also in the larger community of historians. Still more, and above all,… More
America’s Constitutional Soul
– The Johns Hopkins University Press; Reprint edition (March 1, 1993)Excerpt: When it comes to American politics, I am an amateur. I love America at its best, or even at its most characteristic: “only in America.” Perhaps this kind of love ought… More
The Unfinished Revolution
– "The Unfinished Revolution," Three Beginnings: Revolution, Rights, and the Liberal State, Stephen F. Englehart and John Allphin Moore, Jr., eds., New York: Peter Lang, 1994, pp. 9-30. Reprinted in The Legacy of the French Revolution, Ralph C. Hancock and L. Gary Lambert, eds., Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 1996. pp. 19-41.Gentlemen’s Gentleman
– "Gentlemen's Gentleman: Edmund Burke's Critique of Theory," Times Literary Supplement, 11 July 1997.Machiavelli’s Virtue
– University Of Chicago Press; Reprint edition (March 25, 1998)Excerpt: Machiavelli’s political science has not received the attention it deserves. All commentators are attracted, with a force they often seem not to understand, by the question of… More
A Student’s Guide to Political Philosophy
– Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2001.Excerpt: Political Philosophy is found in great books—those by Plato, Aristotle, Locke, Rousseau and others of the highest rank—and in books by professors. You should spend much more… More
Those Hell-Hounds Called Terrorists
– "Those Hell-Hounds Called Terrorists," Claremont Review of Books, Fall 2001.Excerpt: These are the words of Edmund Burke, referring to a corps of irregulars used to enforce the tyranny of the French Revolution. I hope I will not be drafted into the “blame… More
Burke’s Conservatism
– “Burke’s Conservatism,” An Imaginative Whig: Reassessing the Life and Thought of Edmund Burke, Ian Crowe, ed., Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press, 2005, 59-70.Harvey Mansfield Interview
– Interview with Bruce Cole, National Endowment for the Humanities, 2007.Excerpt: BRUCE COLE: How would you describe your scholarly activity or intellectual interests? HARVEY MANSFIELD The book I recently published on manliness is my most topical and has… More
The Arts of Rule Eds. Krause/McGrail
– The Arts of Rule: Essays in Honor of Harvey Mansfield, Sharon R. Krause and Mary Ann McGrail, eds., Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2009.Excerpt: This is a book about the arts of rule. It has been created for the purpose of honoring Harvey C. Mansfield, who has taught so many of us so much about these arts. Above all, he has… More
Commentary
Party Government and the Settlement of 1688
– "Party Government and the Settlement of 1688," American Political Science Review, Vol. 58 (1964), pp. 933-946.Rationality and Representation in Burke’s Bristol Speech
– "Rationality and Representation in Burke's Bristol Speech," Rational Decision, C.J. Friedrich, ed., pp. 197-216.Statesmanship and Party Government: A Study of Burke and Bolingbroke
– University of Chicago Press, 1965.Excerpt: In considering the origins of party government, we face this problem: parties are universal, but party government is recent. Parties are universal because in politics men act for… More
Review of Burke, Paine, and the Rights of Man
– Review of Burke, Paine, and the Rights of Man: A Difference of Political Opinion, by R. R. Fennessy, The Burke Newsletter, vol. 6 (Spring 1965): 443-45.Review of The Correspondence of Edmund Burke
– Review of The Correspondence of Edmund Burke Volume V: July 1782-June 1789, Holden Furber and P. J. Marshall, eds., Political Science Quarterly, December 1966.Burke and Machiavelli on Principles in Politics
– "Burke and Machiavelli on Principles in Politics," Edmund Burke: The Enlightenment and the Modern World, P.H. Stanlis, ed., University of Detroit Press, 1967, pp. 49-79.Review of J.R. Pole’s Political Representation in England and the Origins of the American Republic
– Review of J.R. Pole's Political Representation in England and the Origins of the American Republic, Studies in Burke and His Time, Vol. 8 (1967), pp. 793-799.Comment on Mr. Plumb’s Paper
– "Comment on Mr. Plumb’s Paper," Man Versus Society in Eighteenth-Century Britain, James Clifford, ed., London: Cambridge University Press, 1968.Burke on Christianity
– "Burke on Christianity," Studies in Burke and His Time, Vol. 9 (1968), pp. 864-865.Bolingbroke, 1st Viscount
– "Bolingbroke, 1st Viscount," and "Burke, Edmund," Encyclopedia Americana, New York: Americana Corporation, 1969.Review of Politics and Experience
– Review of Politics and Experience, Preston King and B. C. Parekh, eds., Studies in Burke and His Time, vol. 10 (1969): 1284-87.Review of The Social Thought of Rousseau and Burke
– Review of The Social Thought of Rousseau and Burke: A Comparative Study, by David Cameron, Studies in Burke and His Time, vol. 17 (Winter 1976): 64-68.Spirit of Liberalism
– Harvard University Press, 1978.Excerpt: IN THE election of 1972 the coalition of which the Democratic party is composed came unstuck as its voters divided into enthusiasts for McGovern or against Nixon and supporters of… More
Review of Liberty and Property: Political Ideology in Eighteenth-Century Britain
– Review of Liberty and Property: Political Ideology in Eighteenth-Century Britain, by H. T. Dickinson, William and Mary Quarterly, ser. 3, vol. 37 (October 1980): 671-73.Selected Letters of Edmund Burke
– Edited with an introduction entitled "Burke's Theory of Political Practice," University of Chicago Press, 1984.Edmund Burke
– "Edmund Burke," History of Political Philosophy, Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey, eds., 3rd ed., Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987.Excerpt: For almost all his adult life, Burke was a politician; for almost thirty years he was a member of the House of Commons, busy with the affairs of his party in the daily management… More
The Great Edmund Burke
– "The Great Edmund Burke," review of The Great Melody, by Conor Cruise O'Brien, New Criterion, November 1992.Excerpt: The publication of The Great Melody is an event not just in the small circle of Edmund Burke scholarship but also in the larger community of historians. Still more, and above all,… More
America’s Constitutional Soul
– The Johns Hopkins University Press; Reprint edition (March 1, 1993)Excerpt: When it comes to American politics, I am an amateur. I love America at its best, or even at its most characteristic: “only in America.” Perhaps this kind of love ought… More
The Unfinished Revolution
– "The Unfinished Revolution," Three Beginnings: Revolution, Rights, and the Liberal State, Stephen F. Englehart and John Allphin Moore, Jr., eds., New York: Peter Lang, 1994, pp. 9-30. Reprinted in The Legacy of the French Revolution, Ralph C. Hancock and L. Gary Lambert, eds., Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 1996. pp. 19-41.Gentlemen’s Gentleman
– "Gentlemen's Gentleman: Edmund Burke's Critique of Theory," Times Literary Supplement, 11 July 1997.Machiavelli’s Virtue
– University Of Chicago Press; Reprint edition (March 25, 1998)Excerpt: Machiavelli’s political science has not received the attention it deserves. All commentators are attracted, with a force they often seem not to understand, by the question of… More
A Student’s Guide to Political Philosophy
– Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2001.Excerpt: Political Philosophy is found in great books—those by Plato, Aristotle, Locke, Rousseau and others of the highest rank—and in books by professors. You should spend much more… More
Those Hell-Hounds Called Terrorists
– "Those Hell-Hounds Called Terrorists," Claremont Review of Books, Fall 2001.Excerpt: These are the words of Edmund Burke, referring to a corps of irregulars used to enforce the tyranny of the French Revolution. I hope I will not be drafted into the “blame… More
Burke’s Conservatism
– “Burke’s Conservatism,” An Imaginative Whig: Reassessing the Life and Thought of Edmund Burke, Ian Crowe, ed., Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press, 2005, 59-70.Harvey Mansfield Interview
– Interview with Bruce Cole, National Endowment for the Humanities, 2007.Excerpt: BRUCE COLE: How would you describe your scholarly activity or intellectual interests? HARVEY MANSFIELD The book I recently published on manliness is my most topical and has… More
The Arts of Rule Eds. Krause/McGrail
– The Arts of Rule: Essays in Honor of Harvey Mansfield, Sharon R. Krause and Mary Ann McGrail, eds., Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2009.Excerpt: This is a book about the arts of rule. It has been created for the purpose of honoring Harvey C. Mansfield, who has taught so many of us so much about these arts. Above all, he has… More
Multimedia
Party Government and the Settlement of 1688
– "Party Government and the Settlement of 1688," American Political Science Review, Vol. 58 (1964), pp. 933-946.Rationality and Representation in Burke’s Bristol Speech
– "Rationality and Representation in Burke's Bristol Speech," Rational Decision, C.J. Friedrich, ed., pp. 197-216.Statesmanship and Party Government: A Study of Burke and Bolingbroke
– University of Chicago Press, 1965.Excerpt: In considering the origins of party government, we face this problem: parties are universal, but party government is recent. Parties are universal because in politics men act for… More
Review of Burke, Paine, and the Rights of Man
– Review of Burke, Paine, and the Rights of Man: A Difference of Political Opinion, by R. R. Fennessy, The Burke Newsletter, vol. 6 (Spring 1965): 443-45.Review of The Correspondence of Edmund Burke
– Review of The Correspondence of Edmund Burke Volume V: July 1782-June 1789, Holden Furber and P. J. Marshall, eds., Political Science Quarterly, December 1966.Burke and Machiavelli on Principles in Politics
– "Burke and Machiavelli on Principles in Politics," Edmund Burke: The Enlightenment and the Modern World, P.H. Stanlis, ed., University of Detroit Press, 1967, pp. 49-79.Review of J.R. Pole’s Political Representation in England and the Origins of the American Republic
– Review of J.R. Pole's Political Representation in England and the Origins of the American Republic, Studies in Burke and His Time, Vol. 8 (1967), pp. 793-799.Comment on Mr. Plumb’s Paper
– "Comment on Mr. Plumb’s Paper," Man Versus Society in Eighteenth-Century Britain, James Clifford, ed., London: Cambridge University Press, 1968.Burke on Christianity
– "Burke on Christianity," Studies in Burke and His Time, Vol. 9 (1968), pp. 864-865.Bolingbroke, 1st Viscount
– "Bolingbroke, 1st Viscount," and "Burke, Edmund," Encyclopedia Americana, New York: Americana Corporation, 1969.Review of Politics and Experience
– Review of Politics and Experience, Preston King and B. C. Parekh, eds., Studies in Burke and His Time, vol. 10 (1969): 1284-87.Review of The Social Thought of Rousseau and Burke
– Review of The Social Thought of Rousseau and Burke: A Comparative Study, by David Cameron, Studies in Burke and His Time, vol. 17 (Winter 1976): 64-68.Spirit of Liberalism
– Harvard University Press, 1978.Excerpt: IN THE election of 1972 the coalition of which the Democratic party is composed came unstuck as its voters divided into enthusiasts for McGovern or against Nixon and supporters of… More
Review of Liberty and Property: Political Ideology in Eighteenth-Century Britain
– Review of Liberty and Property: Political Ideology in Eighteenth-Century Britain, by H. T. Dickinson, William and Mary Quarterly, ser. 3, vol. 37 (October 1980): 671-73.Selected Letters of Edmund Burke
– Edited with an introduction entitled "Burke's Theory of Political Practice," University of Chicago Press, 1984.Edmund Burke
– "Edmund Burke," History of Political Philosophy, Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey, eds., 3rd ed., Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987.Excerpt: For almost all his adult life, Burke was a politician; for almost thirty years he was a member of the House of Commons, busy with the affairs of his party in the daily management… More
The Great Edmund Burke
– "The Great Edmund Burke," review of The Great Melody, by Conor Cruise O'Brien, New Criterion, November 1992.Excerpt: The publication of The Great Melody is an event not just in the small circle of Edmund Burke scholarship but also in the larger community of historians. Still more, and above all,… More
America’s Constitutional Soul
– The Johns Hopkins University Press; Reprint edition (March 1, 1993)Excerpt: When it comes to American politics, I am an amateur. I love America at its best, or even at its most characteristic: “only in America.” Perhaps this kind of love ought… More
The Unfinished Revolution
– "The Unfinished Revolution," Three Beginnings: Revolution, Rights, and the Liberal State, Stephen F. Englehart and John Allphin Moore, Jr., eds., New York: Peter Lang, 1994, pp. 9-30. Reprinted in The Legacy of the French Revolution, Ralph C. Hancock and L. Gary Lambert, eds., Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 1996. pp. 19-41.Gentlemen’s Gentleman
– "Gentlemen's Gentleman: Edmund Burke's Critique of Theory," Times Literary Supplement, 11 July 1997.Machiavelli’s Virtue
– University Of Chicago Press; Reprint edition (March 25, 1998)Excerpt: Machiavelli’s political science has not received the attention it deserves. All commentators are attracted, with a force they often seem not to understand, by the question of… More
A Student’s Guide to Political Philosophy
– Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2001.Excerpt: Political Philosophy is found in great books—those by Plato, Aristotle, Locke, Rousseau and others of the highest rank—and in books by professors. You should spend much more… More
Those Hell-Hounds Called Terrorists
– "Those Hell-Hounds Called Terrorists," Claremont Review of Books, Fall 2001.Excerpt: These are the words of Edmund Burke, referring to a corps of irregulars used to enforce the tyranny of the French Revolution. I hope I will not be drafted into the “blame… More
Burke’s Conservatism
– “Burke’s Conservatism,” An Imaginative Whig: Reassessing the Life and Thought of Edmund Burke, Ian Crowe, ed., Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press, 2005, 59-70.Harvey Mansfield Interview
– Interview with Bruce Cole, National Endowment for the Humanities, 2007.Excerpt: BRUCE COLE: How would you describe your scholarly activity or intellectual interests? HARVEY MANSFIELD The book I recently published on manliness is my most topical and has… More
The Arts of Rule Eds. Krause/McGrail
– The Arts of Rule: Essays in Honor of Harvey Mansfield, Sharon R. Krause and Mary Ann McGrail, eds., Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2009.Excerpt: This is a book about the arts of rule. It has been created for the purpose of honoring Harvey C. Mansfield, who has taught so many of us so much about these arts. Above all, he has… More
Teaching
Party Government and the Settlement of 1688
– "Party Government and the Settlement of 1688," American Political Science Review, Vol. 58 (1964), pp. 933-946.Rationality and Representation in Burke’s Bristol Speech
– "Rationality and Representation in Burke's Bristol Speech," Rational Decision, C.J. Friedrich, ed., pp. 197-216.Statesmanship and Party Government: A Study of Burke and Bolingbroke
– University of Chicago Press, 1965.Excerpt: In considering the origins of party government, we face this problem: parties are universal, but party government is recent. Parties are universal because in politics men act for… More
Review of Burke, Paine, and the Rights of Man
– Review of Burke, Paine, and the Rights of Man: A Difference of Political Opinion, by R. R. Fennessy, The Burke Newsletter, vol. 6 (Spring 1965): 443-45.Review of The Correspondence of Edmund Burke
– Review of The Correspondence of Edmund Burke Volume V: July 1782-June 1789, Holden Furber and P. J. Marshall, eds., Political Science Quarterly, December 1966.Burke and Machiavelli on Principles in Politics
– "Burke and Machiavelli on Principles in Politics," Edmund Burke: The Enlightenment and the Modern World, P.H. Stanlis, ed., University of Detroit Press, 1967, pp. 49-79.Review of J.R. Pole’s Political Representation in England and the Origins of the American Republic
– Review of J.R. Pole's Political Representation in England and the Origins of the American Republic, Studies in Burke and His Time, Vol. 8 (1967), pp. 793-799.Comment on Mr. Plumb’s Paper
– "Comment on Mr. Plumb’s Paper," Man Versus Society in Eighteenth-Century Britain, James Clifford, ed., London: Cambridge University Press, 1968.Burke on Christianity
– "Burke on Christianity," Studies in Burke and His Time, Vol. 9 (1968), pp. 864-865.Bolingbroke, 1st Viscount
– "Bolingbroke, 1st Viscount," and "Burke, Edmund," Encyclopedia Americana, New York: Americana Corporation, 1969.Review of Politics and Experience
– Review of Politics and Experience, Preston King and B. C. Parekh, eds., Studies in Burke and His Time, vol. 10 (1969): 1284-87.Review of The Social Thought of Rousseau and Burke
– Review of The Social Thought of Rousseau and Burke: A Comparative Study, by David Cameron, Studies in Burke and His Time, vol. 17 (Winter 1976): 64-68.Spirit of Liberalism
– Harvard University Press, 1978.Excerpt: IN THE election of 1972 the coalition of which the Democratic party is composed came unstuck as its voters divided into enthusiasts for McGovern or against Nixon and supporters of… More
Review of Liberty and Property: Political Ideology in Eighteenth-Century Britain
– Review of Liberty and Property: Political Ideology in Eighteenth-Century Britain, by H. T. Dickinson, William and Mary Quarterly, ser. 3, vol. 37 (October 1980): 671-73.Selected Letters of Edmund Burke
– Edited with an introduction entitled "Burke's Theory of Political Practice," University of Chicago Press, 1984.Edmund Burke
– "Edmund Burke," History of Political Philosophy, Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey, eds., 3rd ed., Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987.Excerpt: For almost all his adult life, Burke was a politician; for almost thirty years he was a member of the House of Commons, busy with the affairs of his party in the daily management… More
The Great Edmund Burke
– "The Great Edmund Burke," review of The Great Melody, by Conor Cruise O'Brien, New Criterion, November 1992.Excerpt: The publication of The Great Melody is an event not just in the small circle of Edmund Burke scholarship but also in the larger community of historians. Still more, and above all,… More
America’s Constitutional Soul
– The Johns Hopkins University Press; Reprint edition (March 1, 1993)Excerpt: When it comes to American politics, I am an amateur. I love America at its best, or even at its most characteristic: “only in America.” Perhaps this kind of love ought… More
The Unfinished Revolution
– "The Unfinished Revolution," Three Beginnings: Revolution, Rights, and the Liberal State, Stephen F. Englehart and John Allphin Moore, Jr., eds., New York: Peter Lang, 1994, pp. 9-30. Reprinted in The Legacy of the French Revolution, Ralph C. Hancock and L. Gary Lambert, eds., Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 1996. pp. 19-41.Gentlemen’s Gentleman
– "Gentlemen's Gentleman: Edmund Burke's Critique of Theory," Times Literary Supplement, 11 July 1997.Machiavelli’s Virtue
– University Of Chicago Press; Reprint edition (March 25, 1998)Excerpt: Machiavelli’s political science has not received the attention it deserves. All commentators are attracted, with a force they often seem not to understand, by the question of… More
A Student’s Guide to Political Philosophy
– Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2001.Excerpt: Political Philosophy is found in great books—those by Plato, Aristotle, Locke, Rousseau and others of the highest rank—and in books by professors. You should spend much more… More
Those Hell-Hounds Called Terrorists
– "Those Hell-Hounds Called Terrorists," Claremont Review of Books, Fall 2001.Excerpt: These are the words of Edmund Burke, referring to a corps of irregulars used to enforce the tyranny of the French Revolution. I hope I will not be drafted into the “blame… More
Burke’s Conservatism
– “Burke’s Conservatism,” An Imaginative Whig: Reassessing the Life and Thought of Edmund Burke, Ian Crowe, ed., Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press, 2005, 59-70.Harvey Mansfield Interview
– Interview with Bruce Cole, National Endowment for the Humanities, 2007.Excerpt: BRUCE COLE: How would you describe your scholarly activity or intellectual interests? HARVEY MANSFIELD The book I recently published on manliness is my most topical and has… More
The Arts of Rule Eds. Krause/McGrail
– The Arts of Rule: Essays in Honor of Harvey Mansfield, Sharon R. Krause and Mary Ann McGrail, eds., Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2009.Excerpt: This is a book about the arts of rule. It has been created for the purpose of honoring Harvey C. Mansfield, who has taught so many of us so much about these arts. Above all, he has… More