Whirlwind: The Air War Against Japan, 1942-1945
by Barrett Tillman
Barrett Tillman love planes. He loves pilots and dogfights and engines. This propensity comes through quite clearly in Whirlwind, his history of “The Air War Against Japan” in World War II.
Born in Prussia on April 1, 1815, Otto von Bismarck went on to become the first chancellor of Germany and the mastermind behind its unification. Known for his ruthless but brilliant politics, Bismarck was lionized almost instantly upon his death, but his role in European history has undergone critical reassessment since the reunification of Germany 20 years ago. Below, in Bismarck: The Iron Chancellor
by Sid Miller
“The Spectator is Compelled…”, 1966-1968
-after the painting and photo-emulsion by John Baldessari
The ordinary man wears dark slacks, a white dress shirt and his hair in an ordinary short fashion. The spectator is compelled to look directly down the road and into the middle of the picture.
Jason Vuic, an assistant professor of modern European history at Bridgewater College, can list “those rare instances in which Yugoslavia entered the American consciousness”: Vlade Divac signing with the Lakers; the 1984 Sarajevo Olympics; the Los Angeles Olympics that same year, boycotted by a dozen communist countries but not by Yugoslavia; and war and dictatorship. “I had a Yugoslav radar,” Vuic said.
The Death and Life of American Journalism: The Media Revolution that Will Begin the World Again
by Robert W. McChesney and John Nichols
Healthcare reform passed perhaps because enough people recognized a hard-to-swallow truth: people need healthcare and the free market is not providing it well enough. Substitute the news for healthcare and you have a compelling argument for subsidized journalism.
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