The Fighting Cartoonist – How Bill Mauldin’s ‘Willie & Joe’ Comics Captured the Plight of GIs in WWII

“A baby-faced infantryman from Phoenix, Ariz. was the creative genius behind Willie and Joe, perhaps the best-loved comic strip to come out of World War Two.” PICTURE TWO SOAKING AND EXHAUSTED GIs squatting in a mud-filled…

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‘The March of the Ten Thousand’ — Why Xenophon’s ‘Anabasis’ Continues to Fascinate 

“His engaging descriptions of battles and of the highs and lows of the march are a classic illustration of what ancient writers termed enargeia, ‘vividness.’”  By Shane Brennan XENOPHON of Athens (430 to 355 BCE)…

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Storm Warnings – Five Writers Who Predicted WW1 With Uncanny Accuracy

“Five grim visionaries and their remarkable predictions about the coming war.” FEW COULD HAVE ANTICIPATED the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the subsequent crisis that triggered the First World War. Yet for years leading…

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Dangerous Waters — What Can History Teach Us About America’s Next Naval Confrontation?

“The explosion of the battleship Maine, the sinking of the passenger liner Lusitania and the air attack on the gunboat Panay all generated major crises that threatened U.S. relations with a significant foreign power.” (Originally…

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Armies of Deliverance – Historian Offers Fresh Take on Why Americans Fought the Civil War 

“The premise of the Union war was that white Southerners could be redeemed; the premise of the Confederate war was that Northerners and Southerners could never again be countrymen.” IN 1861, Americans embarked upon the…

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A Doughboy’s Diary – Unearthed Wartime Journal Offers Extraordinary Glimpse Into Experiences of WW1 Soldier 

“There are two kinds of men here in France, especially those that are up where the gas is, quick men and dead men.” FEW IF ANYONE today will remember the name William J. Graham. The anonymous…

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