Frederick the Great has become a common name but this was only the beginning, as a great monarch cannot know peace for long.

The Sgt. Alvin C. York Park includes a gristmill the Medal of Honor recipient operated after returning from the Great War. It ...

But the book that stands above the rest is Fussell’s “The Great War and Modern Memory” (1975), a bristling history of trench warfare on the Western Front during World War I, as seen through ...

They are tormented by the uncertainty of whether their loved ones are still alive. The men in the trenches are told to concentrate on killing and not worry about their wives back home. The war ...