Mussolini is overshadowed by Hitler, but his deeds were despicable too, John Gooch writes. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'
[ The Washington Post | 2020-12-31 17:28:51 UTC ]
Mussolini is overshadowed by Hitler, but his deeds were despicable too, John Gooch writes. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-12-31 17:28:51 UTC ]
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Three new books on the Holocaust, a novel set in World War II–era Vietnam, and works on Winston Churchill and Volodymyr Zelensky make for compelling offerings for the history buff. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-17 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Three new books on the Holocaust, a novel set in World War II–era Vietnam, and works on Winston Churchill and Volodymyr Zelensky make for compelling offerings for the history buff. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-17 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Almost eight decades after the end of World War II, that conflict continues to define political discourse throughout the Western world. Still, for American, British, French, and Canadian readers, the war overwhelmingly means the European theater, with the Asia-Pacific campaigns against Imperial... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-11-02 08:40:02 UTC ]
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There were six great naval powers before the war, writes historian Paul Kennedy; afterward, there was just one. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-05-20 12:00:33 UTC ]
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Romanticizing that war has led us to seek another just as “good,” Elizabeth Samet writes. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-12-10 13:00:00 UTC ]
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The New-York Historical Society award goes to a study of fractures in American society a year after Pearl Harbor, which resonates amid the pandemic today. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-03-15 16:00:06 UTC ]
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Historian David Nasaw recounts the struggles of Jews and others who had no place to go. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-10-30 12:00:00 UTC ]
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In her new audiobook, “On the Horizon,” the children’s book author remembers her childhood against the backdrop of the Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2020-05-01 09:00:05 UTC ]
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Here's why this reader thinks you should read historical fiction and some favorite books that aren't about WWII to get you into the genre. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-04-27 10:39:09 UTC ]
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The four siblings central to Freeman’s book, a history of a 20th-century Jewish family as much as a memoir, were outsized characters. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-03-30 21:52:58 UTC ]
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Matthew Avery Sutton tells the stories of four missionaries who worked in the OSS. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-10-24 12:24:33 UTC ]
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I FIRST HEARD ABOUT Svetlana Alexievich from a friend in my writing group who was reading the Belarusian author’s Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War (1990, trans. 1992), a book based on hundreds of interviews with those who lost their sons in Afghanistan. The title of the book... Continue reading at Los Angeles Review of Books
[ Los Angeles Review of Books | 2019-09-02 12:30:01 UTC ]
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Svetlana Alexievich collects the memories of those who witnessed tragedy at a young age. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-08-16 12:33:20 UTC ]
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Sarah Rose recounts the bravery and sacrifices of 39 British women in the lead-up to D-Day. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-08-09 15:34:06 UTC ]
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Pamela Jenoff, Kate Quinn and other authors talk about how they find inspiration for their novels. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-05-24 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber Children’s Books has acquired a collection of short stories, set in World War II, by Emma Carroll. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Welcome to the Books newsletter! I’m books editor Carolyn Kellogg, writing my last newsletter from our Spring Street address — next Friday we’ll be packing up for our new digs in El Segundo. THE BIG STORY When I saw that Parkland, Fla., shooting survivors David Hogg and his sister Lauren Hogg had... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In the spirit of Christopher Nolan's new film, 'Dunkirk,' here are three new titles in which everyday people fight to survive and commit unsung acts of heroism. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An evident labor of love that could have benefited from a sharper thematic focus, “Never Surrender: The Ed Ramsey Story” pays tribute to the late WWII hero who earned a place in military lore for having led the last cavalry charge in U.S. military history. Illinois-born Ramsey, who died in 2013... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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