Join best-selling author and historian Donald L. Miller, PhD, at The Historic New Orleans Collection who will discuss his latest book Vicksburg: Grant’s Campaign that Broke the Confederacy, which delves into the battle that defined control of the Mississippi River during the Civil War.
Noted biographer Sonia Purnell discusses her latest work A Woman of No Importance, the remarkable tale of one of the least known heroines of World War II.
Caroline Preston Presents “WWII Stories Told in Home Front Scrapbooks”
Kristen Burton, PhD, Presents “Home in the Shape of a Doughnut: Food as a Source of Comfort for American Servicemembers in Europe, 1942–1946”
Mike Alexander Presents “Old Hickory: WWII Combat Chronicle of the 30th Infantry Division”
John C. McManus, PhD, Presents “Fire and Fortitude: The US Army in the Pacific, 1941–1943”
Join Kim Guise who will discuss machine-aided translation and “Hushaphones” at the Nuremberg Trials, the site of the first simultaneous translation in a courtroom, which made four different languages understandable to participants in an instant.
The Institute for the Study of War and Democracy is delighted to host a conversation on a new book that highlights the personal side of war and commemorates the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest, a controversial battle still to this day.
Join Tanja Spitzer for “Democracy on a Dial: American Forces Network in Europe.”
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Rick Jacobs presents “Britain Alone: The Naval War in the Mediterranean from 1940 to 1942”