For decades, historical fiction has remained one of the most popular genres in the literary world. But WWII novels are specifically in demand due to their high-stakes drama and action set amid ...
Eighty years after the end of World War II, books by Hastings, Moorhouse, Clavin, and Passmore shed new light on the conflict.
Passing down history through storytelling and books, Augusta resident Fred Gehle aims to educate with his book collection. Gehle, who is most known in the CSRA for chronicling the stories of South ...
In 1945, after six years of devastating conflict, World War II was drawing to a close. But it was more than, as historians James Holland and Al Murray write, the muddy tent in Reims or the triumphant ...
Books are wonderful. The U.S. Armed Services realized that in the 1940s. Books inform, entertain, distract and foster community. Molly Gupta Manning‘s “When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped ...
They gave their newspapers names like the Snarkyville Gazette, Bull Sheet, Scars and Gripes, and the Sunday Mud and Mildew. Their stories clackety-clacked out of battle-scarred typewriters in war ...
If the most vivid way to describe war is with close-ups of individuals — think “Saving Private Ryan,” “Bridge on the River Kwai,” “Platoon” — then Buzz Bissinger’s “The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life ...
The 80th anniversary of the end of World War II will be recognized next year, and Hamiltonians are learning more about the American woman who altered the war’s course. Sonia Purnell authored the New ...
The U.S. Marine Corps tasked Recon Marines with setting up the Marine Corps Special Operations Command (MARSOC) in the late aughts, making them the first modern-day Marine Raiders. That’s not to be ...
Local parents say a 400-page book on World War II is too graphic for elementary-age students, and they are asking the Helena School District to remove the book from libraries accessed by such young ...
Learn about the history and growth of The National WWII Museum from Founding President & CEO Emeritus Nick Mueller as he launches his latest book. June 05, 2025, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM This event is free ...