Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs is a professor of medicine emerita at Stanford University. She is the author of two critically acclaimed books, Jonas Salk: A Life and Henry Kaplan and the Story of Hodgkin’s Disease. Her latest book 90 Seconds to Midnight: A Hiroshima Survivor’s … Continue reading Excerpt: 90 Seconds to Midnight
Reviews The Triumph of Life Review in The Christian Century: “Greenberg openly and lovingly embraces all humans, stating that all people are created in God’s sacred image and represent the Divine in a rich and full rainbow.” Review in the … Continue reading News & Reviews
Reviews Race and Resistance in Boston Review in The Boston Globe: “Overall, Race and Resistance in Boston has something for every local sports lover who is also conscious about justice. These compelling stories about race, class, and sexuality add to … Continue reading News & Reviews
Terrence C. Petty is a writer and retired journalist. He worked for the Associated Press for thirty-five years. Based in Bonn, Germany, from 1987 to 1997, he covered German and European affairs, the pro-democracy movement that toppled the Berlin Wall, … Continue reading From the Desk of Terrence C. Petty: Nazis at the Watercooler
Bill Thorness’s varied work as a journalist has spanned more than thirty-five years, from early work as editor of a national business magazine to current work as a freelance travel writer for the Seattle Times. He is the author of five … Continue reading From the Desk of Bill Thorness: What the War Uncovered
Jacob Flaws is an assistant professor of history at Kean University. His latest book Spaces of Treblinka: Retracing a Death Camp (Nebraska, 2024) was published this month. Have you ever visited a place that you felt was haunted? That basic … Continue reading From the Desk of Jacob Flaws: Spaces of Treblinka
Waitman Wade Beorn is an associate professor of history at the University of Northumbria in Newcastle, UK. He is the author of Marching into Darkness: The Wehrmacht and the Holocaust in Belarus and The Holocaust in Eastern Europe: At the Epicenter of the Final … Continue reading Excerpt: Between the Wires
Today marks the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. On December 7, 1941, Japanese forces surprise attacked the U.S. naval base, where they destroyed or damaged nearly 20 American naval vessels and over 300 airplanes. More than 2,400 … Continue reading 80th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor
Today marks the 75th year anniversary of the ending of the Trial of Major War Criminals, the best known of the Nuremberg trials, held in Nuremberg, Germany. These trials were held from November 20, 1945 to October 1, 1946. During … Continue reading 75th Anniversary of the Nuremberg Trials ending
John E. Schmitz is a professor of history at Northern Virginia Community College–Annandale. His book, Enemies Among Us (Nebraska, 2021), is new this month. William Faulkner is often quoted by historians for saying “history is not was, it is.” For me … Continue reading From the Desk of John E. Schmitz: Enemies Among Us
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