David T. Byrne, Ph.D.

Writings

Monographs

James Burnham: An Intellectual Biography (Cornell University Press, 2025).

Sample reviews:

“Flawed Prophet,” Claremont Review of Books

“The Man Who Identified the Deep State,” Chronicles

“James Burnham’s Divided Conservatism,” Law and Liberty

“James Burnham: The Sage of Kent,” American Spectator

“James Burnham: An Intellectual Biography,” National Review

Ronald Reagan: An Intellectual Biography (University of Nebraska Press, 2018).

Peer-Reviewed Articles

“Anne Conway, Early Quaker Thought and the New Science”

“The Victory of the Proletariat is Inevitable: The Millenarian Nature of Marxism”

“Ragley Hall and the Decline of Cartesianism”

Select Popular Writings

The Communist Who Got Sick of Communism

James Burnham’s Divided Legacy

Why Did Russia invade Ukraine? Blame START.

“The Real Significance of the Crusades.”

“The Apocalyptic Nature of Environmentalism.”

“The Hegelian Roots of Black Lives Matter.”

“How Marxism Fueled the National Anthem Protests”