New Year’s Eve is a time of renewal and reflection. In that spirit, I am reviewing one of my favorite books, one that renewed my passion for history and made me spend countless hours pondering its ...
The Great War … the War to End All Wars. How hollow the characterizations rang for both the survivors and the millions of dead, diminished or disfigured. What began in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914, with ...
In a brilliant feat of retrospective journalism, leading Swedish historian Englund allows 20 individuals during WWI to convey their experiences through diaries and letters: among them, an English ...