Book Review: In the Highest Degree Tragic
/The doomed valor of the small, scrappy US Asiatic Fleet in the Pacific Theater, often overlooked in WWII histories, now gets an elaborate new chronicle.
Read MoreBook Review: The Good Occupation
/For the thousands of US and Allied troops who were ordered to remain behind and help rebuilt countries the Allies had just defeated, their war was extended and altered. A new book dissects the on-the-ground realities attending the aftermath of conquest.
Read MoreBook Review: Battle of the Atlantic
/Atlantic shipping was the lifeline of Great Britain during the Second World War, and the Nazis knew it just as well as the Allies did. A thrilling new book recounts the sprawling, war-long Battle of the Atlantic
Read MoreBook Review: After Hitler
/A forensic and often quite moving new history of the last, desperate days of the Third Reich
Read MoreBook Review: The German War
/A new book brings to life the experiences of ordinary Germans during the Second World War
Read MoreBook Review: The Rise of Germany
/An ambitious new work of history charts the rise to victory of Nazi Germany - and deflates a few treasured myths along the way
Read MoreBook Review: The Conquering Tide
/The fierce, epic height of WWII's Pacific War is the subject of Ian Toll's gripping new volume
Read MoreBook Review: The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
/They slit throats; the bombed churches; they were none too mentally stable - and these were the GOOD guys
Read MoreBook Review: How Britain Saved the West
/For a key interval in 1940, Britain stood alone against the might of Nazi Germany at its peak - and that familiar story of determination and ultimate victory is the subject of Robin Prior's new book
Read MoreBook Review: Hiroshima Nagasaki
/A sweeping new history looks back half a century to the only wartime use of atomic weapons
Read MoreBook Review: Armor and Blood
/The Battle of Kursk was one of the most epic confrontations in the history of warfare - a vivid new history calls it the turning point of the entire Second World War
Read MoreBook Review: The Taste of War
/A new book looks at the foremost weapon in war's arsenal: food.
Read More“He had become my Tarzan”
/Tarzan is one of the most popular fictional creations in modern times. Does the Ape Man define something essential in the human experience - or do we keep redefining Tarzan to suit our ever-changing needs?
Read MoreA Light on the Ground
/The myth of idyllic rural America dies hard, but the scourges of modern society have long since struck the heartland, including the scourge of drug addiction and drug trafficking. A recent book explores the darkness at the edge of town.
Read MoreBook Review: Peace
/Richard Bausch takes his talents to Italy in World War II. Sam Sacks reviews Peace.
Read MorePehin Hanska Ktepi
/George Custer knew damn well how many Indians he’d be fighting at Little Bighorn, but the myths of that battle have overcrowded the truth. To sort one from the other, Steve Donoghue charges into a shelf of Custerology.
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