From coaling station to naval base, Pearl Harbor’s strategic importance in the Pacific was widely recognized.

Concessions in diplomatic negotiations were nothing new, but after Munich, appeasement took on a new meaning. 

Anne Mergen was the only female editorial cartoonist of her time. Her work captured the social and political atmosphere of the WWII years and beyond.

The importance of World War II to Jean-Paul Sartre’s life and thought is often overlooked.

Penned by philosopher Bertrand Russell and endorsed by Albert Einstein, the document warned human beings about the existential threat posed by the new hydrogen bomb.