Description: Woods describes how and why the Catholic church gave Western Civilization some of its most integral and distinctive characteristics. With a new Introduction by the Spanish Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
Brief description: Thomas E. Woods Jr. is the New York Times bestselling author of Meltdown and The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History, among other books. He holds a bachelor's degree in history from Harvard and a Ph.D. in history from Columbia University. A recipient of the Templeton Enterprise Award and the O. P. Alford III Prize for Libertarian Scholarship, he is a senior fellow at the Ludwig von Mises Institute.