This collection carefully bundles, and magnificently captures, the contours and breadth of Mr. Jaffa’s thought, in a manner accessible to all thoughtful men and women with a desire to learn. . . .

[What] might appear as scholarly or narrowly academic subject matters are tackled and presented with a manly straightforwardness that quickly drives home the import of the deeper game Mr. Jaffa is after. . . . If you sense the American Founding is important, but are unsure why; if you suspect the relationship between religion and politics is important to understand, but are tired of the same old superficial accounts; if you feel let down by current trends in American political life and are curious about what makes a great statesman and a healthy republic; and if you care about things like the soul, morality, justice, courage, friendship—pick one of the virtues on Aristotle’s list at random—then the writings of Harry V. Jaffa, beginning with Mr. Erler and Mr. Masugi’s new edition, will serve you as a boon companion for years to come.

The Washington Times

The Rediscovery of America contains a series of highly provocative, profound essays?—some previously unpublished by the late Harry V. Jaffa. The editors, Edward Erler and Ken Masugi, both former Jaffa students, have performed an invaluable service in making these available. They provide brief but helpful introductions to each of the book's ten chapters. . . . As this volume attests, Harry Jaffa stands as a champion of the primacy of reason and nature (and therefore freedom) against the primacy of will and power. Read this book and arm yourselves.

Claremont Review of Books

Harry Jaffa was perhaps the most philosophically astute of all American conservatives. His books, though often flawed, were studded with thought-provoking insights, and Crisis of the House Divided—his philosophical analysis of the Lincoln-Douglas debates—has become a modern classic. Many of the essays he wrote during his final two decades, however, have been unavailable until now. At last, a new book, The Rediscovery of America, gathers his often dazzling, sometimes outrageous, valedictory writings. . . . Rediscovery often is enlightening and instructive. Jaffa’s essays display an intellectual depth lamentably absent from today’s conservatism.

The Objective Standard

“Masugi and Erler’s publication of selected mature essays of Harry V. Jaffa as the new Columbus rediscovering America is a critical addition to the opus of their teacher’s life’s work. This volume shows Jaffa as distinctively brilliant, trenchant, and tenacious – as always.”

Colleen A. Sheehan, Villanova University

“By bringing together Harry Jaffa’s later essays on the character of American politics, Erler and Masugi have done an enormous service to any student of Jaffa’s thought and of America’s founding vision. These essays make clearer than ever the new and powerful insight Jaffa brought to his 21st-century work on America—an insight from which our country can learn a great deal about itself.”

Yuval Levin, editor of National Affairs

This collection of essays is a wonderful introduction to the incredible mind of Harry Jaffa on the American Founding.

Richard M. Reinsch, editor of Law and Liberty