World War II

<p><span class="deck"> In the wake of Pearl Harbor, tens of thousands of American citizens were taken from their homes and locked up simply because of their Japanese ancestry. Was their internment a grim necessity or “the worst blow to civil liberty in our history”? The Chief Justice of the United States weighs the reasoning.</span> </p>

<p>Reminiscences of World War II’s European Theater add up to considerably more than a bunch of good war stories.</p>

<p><span class="deck">Half a century after his father’s death, he struck up an extraordinary friendship with the man who shot his plane down.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">World War II is so difficult to get right on the screen. Here are some of the movies that do it best.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">We Must Learn to Save Ourselves From Saviors.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">THE BEST OF TODAY’S ALTERNATE HISTORY ISN’T LIKELY TO CHEER YOU UP. BUT IT CERTAINLY WON’T BORE YOU.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">What do you need to build the only national museum dedicated to World War II? The same things we needed to fight the war it commemorates: faith, passion, perseverance, and a huge amount of money.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> AN ARIZONA BURGER KING TELLS THE STORY OF A UNIQUE UNIT OF MODERN-DAY NAVAJO WARRIORS</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck">CONGRESS IS TRYING TO LEGISLATE THE HISTORY OF WHAT HAPPENED ON THE EVE OF PEARL HARBOR.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">THE ATOLL WHERE THE TIDE OF THE PACIFIC WAR TURNED IS NOW BOTH A STIRRING HISTORICAL LANDMARK AND A STUNNING WILD LIFE REFUGE.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">DID A COMPANY AND A MACHINE SPAWN EVIL?</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">On the 60th anniversary of Pearl Harbor, the granddaughter of a Japanese detainee recalls the community he lost and the fight he waged in the Supreme Court to win back the right to earn a living.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">Our platoon was probably the only group of Allied soldiers to witness the final degradation of Mussolini.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">Did Americans have it better back in the 40s?</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">The campaign to revise Hitler’s reputation has gone on for 50 years, but there’s another strategy now. Some of it is built on the work of the head of the Gestapo—who may have enjoyed a comfortable retirement in America.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">BLAMING POWELL—AND EISENHOWER—FOR NOT HAVING PUSHED THROUGH </span></p>

<p>Recently discovered documents shine a new light on the President’s biggest decision</p>

<p><span class="deck">Why was the plane dropping its payload on my house?</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">In the Aleutian Islands, you can explore a landscape of violent beauty, discover the traces of an all-but-forgotten war, and (just possibly) catch a $100,000 fish.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">Our common history isn’t all pleasant, but seeing it firsthand is deeply moving.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">Powered flight was born exactly one hundred years ago. It changed everything, of course, but most of all, it changed how this nation wages war.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">A humble sport in a stylish capital</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">Next to Winston Churchill, General George Patton gave the war’s most famous speeches. But nobody knew quite what he said—until now.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">A young GI in Germany during the Korean War making the journey from war to peace, and from enmity to friendship, finds, amid the most tremendous change, smoldering embers of an old tyranny.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">The final hours of the war were every bit as perilous as all the other ones for this American POW.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">We gave the baby boomers plenty of room to play in</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">What’s going to happen when the most prosperous, best-educated generation in history finally grows up? (And just how special <span class="typestyle"> are</span> the baby boomers?) </span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> The Top 10 Treasures From Abe’s First 10 Years</span> </p>

<p>Alistair Cooke's new book recalls his tours of war plants and military bases during World War II.</p>

<p><span class="deck"> Rooster</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck"> ...To 100 Friends!</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck">We’ve kept Fallujah, but have we lost our souls?</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">Was he the Beast of Bataan, or was his true war crime defeating Douglas MacArthur in Manila and on Corregidor? Here is a troubling look at the problems of military "justice."</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">You can go there, too, even to the Bates Motel.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> Pork Barrel</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck"> “The founding of the United States experience: 1763-1815”</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck">The book that taught GI’s how to behave in England</span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> The License Plate</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck"> Gene Wilder discusses his new World War I adventure</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck">The world-shaping relationship between these two giants got off to a rocky start.</span></p>