World War II

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  • An empire after all

    Pat Buchanan's book is a loopy and inconsistent piece of Catholic fundamentalism that betrays a weird and self-destructive sympathy for the fascist cause.
  • Let it be me

    Wherein the author travels back in time to encounter "Morris" as he brushes up against "Reagan" -- and the rest is "history."
  • Buchanan, McCain go head-to-head

    GOP presidential hopefuls debate whether U.S. had any business stopping Hitler.
  • Why they never told us

    First novelist Rahna Reiko Rizzuto talks about the silence surrounding the Japanese internment camps, being "stealth Japanese" and writing herself into two children.
  • Eric: Hold your breath, 1946

    An excerpt from "Why She Left Us."
  • "Days of Infamy: Great Military Blunders of the 20th Century"

    One of those mistakes was this book.
  • New book reveals that femme fatale betrayed French Resistance hero

    Cherchez la femme is the moral of new biography of Jean Moulin.
  • Crosses in the field

    A bus tour of Normandy leads to an unforgettable encounter at the American cemetery.
  • Japanese denial and "The Rape of Nanking"

    Author Iris Chang reacts to Kashiwashobo's decision to halt publication of her book.
  • The greatest degeneration

    Did the heroes of WWII really know what they were fighting for?
  • Home Movies by Charles Taylor: Character

    From sweaty Nixon to gentleman gambler, Philip Baker Hall is a name you don't recognize, and an actor you won't forget.
  • Home Movies by Charles Taylor: Camp classic

    Ernst Lubitsch's legendary comedy stirred controversy by pitting vain Polish actors against buffoonish Nazi killers.
  • Exile in "Pleasantville"

    Director Gary Ross fetishizes the '50s in this high-concept parable about the dangers of conformity.
  • Passages: Fifty Years of Europe

    An excerpt from Jan Morris' 'Fifty Years of Europe'
  • Baiting The Bear

    Will the U.S.-backed push by NATO into central Europe start a new Cold War?
  • Newsreal: france's dirty little artistic secret

    The Swiss weren't the only ones to covet Nazi war loot. The French government has been equally dishonorable about returning wartime stolen paintings to their rightful owners.
  • the bore war

    Pundits bleat that American politics are stuck in a rut. But boredom can be good for you: Here's why.
  • Media Circus: All Hitler all the time

    Der Führer isn't dead; he's alive and well on cable TV's History Channel.
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