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Five Books on World War I

Military history, memoir, and even a novelized series make this list of can’t-miss books about the Great War
November 10, 2011 | By Megan Gambino

From D.W. Griffith to the Grapes of Wrath, How Hollywood Portrayed the Poor

In the era before the Great Depression and ever since, the film industry has taken a variety of views on the lower classes
November 04, 2011 | By Daniel Eagan

Sabotage in New York Harbor

The explosion on Black Tom Island packed the force of an earthquake. It took investigators years to determine that operatives working for Germany were to blame
November 01, 2011 | By Gilbert King

George McClellan and Abraham Lincoln

November 1861: Flare Ups in the Chain of Command

As Union generals came and left, personalities clashed and Southern farmers set fire to their fields
November 2011 | By David Zax

Tuskegee Airmen PT 13D

The Tuskegee Airmen Plane's Last Flight

The final voyage of a World War II biplane evokes the exploits of the legendary fighting force
November 2011 | By Owen Edwards

Remembering Henry Johnson, the Soldier Called “Black Death”

Henry Johnson suffered 21 wounds and rescued a fellow soldier while repelling an enemy raid in the Argonne Forest in 1918 but died 11 years later a forgotten man
October 25, 2011 | By Gilbert King

Mixing Movies and Politics

From Mrs. Miniver to Avatar, how big studio films have influenced public opinion
October 24, 2011 | By Daniel Eagan

The Battle of Broken Hill

While Great Britain and the Ottoman Empire were fighting World War I, two Afghans opened up a second front in an Australian outback mining town 12,000 miles away
October 20, 2011 | By Mike Dash

To Save and Project: Screening Restored Movies

A film festival at MoMA highlights those titles, either beloved and well-known or obscure yet fascinating, that may never reach the home market
October 14, 2011 | By Daniel Eagan

The Rebell Yell

Civil War Veterans Come Alive in Audio and Video Recordings

Deep in the collections of the Library of Congress are ghostly images and voices of Union and Confederate soldiers
October 05, 2011 | By Fergus M. Bordewich

Anger and Anarchy on Wall Street

In the early 20th century, resentment at the concentration of wealth took a violent turn
October 04, 2011 | By Gilbert King

Death of Edward Baker

Scattered Actions: October 1861

While the generals on both sides deliberated, troops in blue and gray fidgeted
October 2011 | By David Zax

Dahomey’s Women Warriors

For the better part of 200 years, thousands of female soldiers fought and died to expand the borders of their West African kingdom. Even their conquerors, the French, acknowledged their "prodigious bravery."
September 23, 2011 | By Mike Dash

Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

Was it really a lunch-hour coincidence that led to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo in 1914—and, by extension, to the great global catastrophes of the 20th century?
September 15, 2011 | By Mike Dash

What Paul Robeson Said

After the singer and activist spoke at a Soviet-sponsored peace conference, he was reviled in the United States. But was the most widely reported version of his remarks accurate?
September 13, 2011 | By Gilbert King

Handcrafted "Tiles for America" Project Remembers 9/ll

An art installation that spontaneously appeared after the terrorist attacks returns to New York City
September 10, 2011 | By Susan Spano

Defence of Lexington

September 1861: Settling in for a Long War

During this month, the civil war expands to Kentucky and West Virginia, and President Lincoln rejects an attempt at emancipation
September 2011 | By David Zax

Osama bin Laden reaction

What 9/11 Wrought

The former editor of the New York Times considers the effects of the terrorist attacks on the 10th anniversary of the fateful day
September 2011 | By Joseph Lelyveld

Anti Mubarak demonstrators

The Struggle Within Islam

Terrorists get the headlines, but most Muslims want to reclaim their religion from extremists
September 2011 | By Robin Wright

One Man Against Tyranny

A lone German carpenter displays astounding determination, skill and ingenuity—and comes within 8 minutes of assassinating Adolf Hitler at the outset of World War II. So why is Georg Elser's name so nearly forgotten?
August 18, 2011 | By Mike Dash


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