Iowa schools have removed Holocaust, World War II classics under state's book ban law
Holocaust books are among those caught up in an Iowa book ban law. Meanwhile, schools are now required to teach about the ...
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Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II
Graham argues that scholars of the humanities contributed to victory in World War II by transforming the practice of intelligence agencies.
Kale on Books: More books about World War II and closer to home, some insights about Governor’s Land
Eleven years after the establishment of the Jamestown Colony in 1607, Virginia Gov. Sir George Yeardley was ordered by the Virginia Company of London to set aside land on the mainland — hence Governor ...
That time the US military burned down one of its own bases with a ‘bat bomb’
A Pennsylvania dentist thought a “bat bomb," with 1,000 bats starting fires, would end the war faster than the atomic bomb.
Millions are reading a teen’s account of life and war. It’s from 1945
The journal, a glimpse into life in New York City for a Jewish teenager at the end of World War II, is resonating with modern ...