World War I has inspired an extraordinary range of fiction and non-fiction, capturing the devastation, resilience, and shifting societal landscapes of the early 20th century. Ranked by the number of ...

In later life William Hervy Allen, Jr. (1889-1949) was a noted university professor and critically acclaimed writer of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. As a young man he had to drop out of Annapolis ...

A new exhibition tells the story of the Armed Services Editions, pocket-size paperback weapons in the fight for democracy. A soldier reading in a flooded camp in New Guinea during World War II.Credit.

In her lively “Book and Dagger,” the historian Elyse Graham rescues a cast of scholar-spies from obscurity. By Ben Macintyre Ben Macintyre’s latest book is “The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the ...

Mountain Middle School eighth grader Emmett Kane developed a fascination with World War II at an early age. After reading ...

The first World War is often given short shrift when it comes to its place in Americans’ cultural memory, especially compared to World War II. The reasons for this are as myriad as they are obvious; ...

This is the introduction to The War Room, a weekly, subscriber-only newsletter bringing exclusive insights into defence and security. Sign up for The War Room. Good afternoon. In this edition of The ...