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Books are still being written about it, more than a century after its end. However, one doesn’t have to read the six volumes and 3,261 pages of Winston Churchill’s history of World War I to ...
The top 11 most popular WW1 books ever written - No.1 is a must-read classic From the trenches to the home front, these books capture the haunting legacy of World War I. Explore the narratives ...
In “The Wounded World,” Chad Williams examines the scholar-activist’s struggle to complete a book about Black troops’ experiences during World War I.
World War II turned modest librarians into vital spies “Book and Dagger,” by Elyse Graham, is a briskly paced account of the scholars who became intelligence pioneers in the Office of ...
NPR's Scott Simon talks with author Adam Ehrlich Sachs about his new novel "Gretel and the Great War." The book follows a young girl in Vienna at the end of World War I.