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World War II
The Author’s Corner with Emily Brooks
Emily Brooks is a Historian and Curriculum Writer at the New York Public Library’s Center for Educators and Schools. This interview is based on her new book, Gotham’s War within a War: Policing and the Birth of Law-and-Order Liberalism in World […]
Frank Thompson died a hero. His brother, historian E.P. Thompson, “spent his life wondering why.”
This is a fascinating story about the life of one of the 20th century’s great economic and social historians and the memory of his brother. Here is Madoc Cairns at The New Statesman: When they told Frank Thompson they would […]
Vivek Ramaswamy: The United States won World War II because FDR got polio
Watch GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy on the Jordan Peterson Show: I like to teach my students that two things can indeed be true at the same time. But not in this case.
The Author’s Corner with Janet Farrell Brodie
Janet Farrell Brodie is Professor Emerita of History at Claremont Graduate University. This interview is based on her new book, The First Atomic Bomb: The Trinity Site in New Mexico (University of Nebraska Press, 2023). JF: What led you to write The […]
What does May 9th mean for Russia?
On this date seventy-eight years ago, Germany surrendered, officially ending WWII in Europe. So goes the official narrative. Textbooks and encyclopedias like to put a firm date on things like these, although in this case, historians can quibble that operations […]
Ideas in progress: Amanda McCrina
What is the focus of your current book project? What are the main stories that you hope to tell in this book? My current project is a historical spy thriller set in postwar London, in the run-up to the Victory […]
The Author’s Corner with Zach Fredman
Zach Fredman is Assistant Professor of History at Duke Kunshan University. This interview is based on his new book, The Tormented Alliance: American Servicemen and the Occupation of China, 1941–1949 (University of North Carolina Press, 2022). JF: What led you […]
The Author’s Corner with Sam Lebovic
Sam Lebovic is Associate Professor of History at George Mason University. This interview is based on his new book, A Righteous Smokescreen: Postwar America and the Politics of Cultural Globalization (University of Chicago Press, 2022). JF: What led you to […]
Sixteen GOP House members vote against the Japanese American World War II History Network Act
Here is some of the text of the Japanese American World War II History Act: Establishment: The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the “Secretary”) shall establish, within the National Park Service, a program to be known as […]
When Batman fought Hitler
If my social media feeds are correct, a new Batman movie is out. But did you know that “before the Riddler, Batman’s archenemy was Hitler?” Here is Samantha Baskind at Smithsonian Magazine: With Covid restrictions subsiding, millions are certain to […]
The Author’s Corner with Clarissa J. Ceglio
Clarissa J. Ceglio is Associate Director of Research for Greenhouse Studio and Assistant Professor of Digital Humanities at the University of Connecticut. This interview is based on her new book, A Cultural Arsenal for Democracy: The World War II Work […]
The Author’s Corner with G. Kurt Piehler
G. Kurt Piehler is Associate Professor of History and Director of the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience at Florida State University. This interview is based on his new book, A Religious History of the American GI […]
Remembering Pearl Harbor
Here are some news reels from British Pathe:
Episode 90: The Gospel According to Charles Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh was a celebrated aviator, the father of the baby abducted in the “crime of the century,” a Nazi sympathizer, and a believer in eugenics. He also carried a small New Testament with him as he entered the South […]