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From Arsenal to Ally: The United States Enters the War
When World War I ended in 1918, the American public was eager to reduce the country’s involvement in world affairs.
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No Respect: The United Nations in Peace and War
The United Nations was a child of World War II, and another one of FDR's good ideas.
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‘At Last We Have Come to D-Day’
In the June 7, 1944, edition of her newspaper column My Day, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt reflected on the news of the D-Day landings in Normandy and the long path ahead to victory in Europe.
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Should the United States Keep Troops in Germany?
How the looming Cold War convinced Americans to keep troops in Europe after the war.
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“The Last Million:” Eastern European Displaced Persons in Postwar Germany
After World War II 1.2 million Eastern European displaced persons refused to return home, creating a large-scale refugee crisis.
Past Events
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Meet the Author: Andrew Nagorski
06/26/2019 | 5:00 PM - 8:00 PMJoin us for a conversation about best-selling author Andrew Nagorski’s new book, 1941: The Year Germany Lost the War, which takes a fresh look at the year in which Adolf Hitler’s miscalculations propelled Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union into a powerful new alliance.
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Meet the Author: Nigel Hamilton
05/07/2019 | 5:00 PM - 7:00 PMJoin author Nigel Hamilton for a presentation about the third book in his “FDR at War” trilogy.
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Meet the Author: Lynne Olson
04/10/2019 | 5:00 PM - 7:00 PMJoin author Lynne Olson for a discussion about her new book Madame Fourcade’s Secret War: The Daring Young Woman Who Led France’s Largest Spy Network Against Hitler.
