The Fight of Our Lives by William Bennett & Seth Leibsohn

William Bennett is back with a political concern for our country against radical Islam. The Fight of Our Lives is supposed to help arm us with information to prevent our country from become a Muslim nation.

Bennett and Leibsohn do an adequate job of praising and critiquing both Republicans and Democrats when it comes to upholding what they believe the United States stands for and what we should do to stay vigilant against those who want to control us. (or kill us)

You may feel startled after reading some of the descriptions and the purpose of radical Islam. You may get crazy ideas in your head that our leaders need to "nuke 'em" just to keep us safe.

By speaking the truth, Bennett may be adding to the fire of fear but, in truth, this is pretty scary stuff.

After first talking about the Fort Hood shootings, the authors take you on a little history lesson on why things are the way they are. Then it's off to the races as they zip through many of the current terrorist activities that made it to our headlines.

With 8 chapters and an interesting epilogue, The Fight of Our Lives is a book that needs to be discussed and debated. I think we need to continue talking about this.

This book was provided for review, at no cost, by Thomas Nelson Publishing.

A Century Turns: New Hopes, New Fears by William J. Bennett

William Bennett has created a quick and easy historical read of the last Century. A Century Turns follows some of the high and low points in America's history.

I wouldn't recommend this book as an exhaustive resource, as Bennett only touches on one or two impactful moments in each year from 1988 to 2008.

You will find his writing very easy to follow and the two section of full-color pictures add the touch every modern historical book needs.

While the tone of the book is very gracious, you can tell where on the political divide, Bennett falls. He is a strong defender of President George H.W. Bush seeing as he served as his Drug Czar.

The footnotes are quite extensive - over 15 pages of notes. And his small, personal additions at the bottom of the page add the right touch as he was part of the history.

Not quite the book for deep history buffs, but exactly what the average reader will enjoy. Take it to the beach while on vacation.