Pearl Harbor at 75
Seventy-five years ago on the morning of December 7th, 1941, the Japanese attacked the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in the Hawaii Territory.
Refugees Have Always Made Americans Nervous
What happens when a big stream of refugees enters an American community, bringing their foreign customs and values and taking scarce jobs?
The Power of Deterrence
The First World War witnessed the first major use of chemical warfare, but by the Second World War deterrence seemed to work.
The Role of Female Pilots in Nazi Germany
German female pilots played an active role during World War II—acting as perpetrators and collaborators even as they broke barriers for women in flight.
How Hitler Played the American Press
Did the AP and other news organizations get tricked into sympathetic coverage of Hitler?
A Brief History of the Income Tax
The significance of the date April 15 is not lost on anyone in the modern United States. But ...
The Largest Forced Migration In European History
Trump's comments on deporting 11 million undocumented migrants have precedent: the forced migration of millions of ethnic-Germans in the aftermath of WWII.
The Persecution of the Romani by the Nazis
Like the Jews, the Romani were victims of the Nazi's ideology of race.
Two Enemies Bound by the Poet Horace
How Horace brought to enemies together during WWII and what role the poet played in the post-war cultural identity of Europe.
Read Work From 2015 Nobel Prize Winner in Literature Svetlana Alexievich
Read an excerpt from "War's Womanly Face," a book by the winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize Svetlana Alexievich about female Russian soldiers in World War II.