CounterPunch

World War Two: The Genesis of Modern Imperialism

Paul Thomas Chamberlin, whose book The Global Offensive: The United States, the Palestine Liberation Organization, and the Making of the Post-Cold War Order remains one of the best books on the ...
Smithsonian Magazine

As Empires Clashed During World War I, a Global Media Industry Brought the Conflict’s Horrors to the Public

An exhibition at LACMA traces the roots of modern media to the Great War, when propaganda mobilized the masses, and questions whether the brutal truths of the battlefield can ever really be ...

What was the Treaty of Versailles? How it led to the end of World War I

The Treaty of Versailles is one of the most significant documents in modern history signed in 1919. It officially brought World War I to the end, ending the state of war between Germany and the Allied ...
The New York Times

This Book on World War I Changed How I Think of Nonfiction

Paul Fussell’s 50-year-old survey of trench warfare deserves a new generation of readers, our book critic writes. By Dwight Garner When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we ...
CNN

The horrors of conflict still haunt America’s largest World War II cemetery

Two gravesites, less than 10 miles apart in a crowded, noisy, Asian metropolis of 14 million, stand testament to the horror, sacrifice and history of World War II. Go to one and you can see the names ...

The Indian king history forgot who protected thousands of Polish refugees during World War II

World War II scattered thousands of Polish children across continents. One Indian ruler chose to shelter them when few ...