Juliana Geran Pilon

This book is a diary-memoir written on the occasion of the author’s return with her family to her native country, Romania, in 1975.

Not all of Thucydides’ academic heirs have devoted themselves to the pursuit of truth, searching for every nugget of data they manage to dig out from oblivion, then revise their speculation in deference to the facts; indeed, the political correctness that currently infects public discourse is anathema to such practice.

In this book, Dr. Pilon argues for a return to an egalitarian view of men and women, found in the original Genesis narrative, as reflected through Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. 

Dr. Juliana Geran Pilon clarifies the important distinction between espionage strictu sensu and “active measures” in the case of Russia’s “suburban spies” in a post on National Review Online’s blog.

In this anthology, a score of experts in counterinsurgency warfare, cultural anthropology, and strategic communications look at ways in which the study of foreign cultures and cultural phenomena may be used by policymakers, peacekeepers, soldiers, intelligence officers, and diplomats. Exploring areas from HUMINT to information operations, this book presents a modern approach to the ancient…

If moral clarity graced our times, the publication of Paul Hollander’s comprehensive compilation of first-hand accounts by former communist victims, From the Gulag to the Killing Fields, would elicit a collective shudder of horror and sorrow.

Why does America consistently receive such low ratings in opinion polls around the world? The answer, as Pilon explains, lies not just in America’s overtly forceful actions but in the construction and presentation of its self-image. Scholars and policymakers alike will find Why America Is Such a Hard Sell both a penetrating analysis of America’s…

“Every Vote Counts carries an underlying message that democracy is attainable on every continent and can help make the world a more peaceful and humane place….. Read this book, reflect on it, learn from it, and use it as you go forward to help return the power to determine a nation’s future to its own people.”

In the little town of Jedwabne, nestled in the heart of Poland, all the Jewish inhabitants- mainly old people, women, and children-were rounded up and burned alive by a group of German policemen and Polish townsfolk on July 10, 1941.No one knows exactly how many Jews were killed, but the best guess is around 300.…

IWP Research Professor Juliana Pilon's review of Azar Nafisi's Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books (Random House, 2003).