One family's WWII story as told through correspondence written to a young wife and mother.

The election of the Popular Front government in France and a wave of factory occupations secured huge gains for French workers.

Many Americans greeted the news of the Atomic bombing of Hiroshima with jubilation. Beginning shortly after the war, however, a number of prominent US military leaders began to question the bomb's use.

Alan Turing helped the British government pioneer the technology to decrypt Nazi Germany’s secret communications during World War II. In 1952, Alan Turing was forced to endure chemical castration by the same government after being prosecuted for homosexual acts.

The roundtable discussion explores how history offers lessons for understanding the clash between individual liberties and collective effort.