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Happy Veterans Day, formerly called Armistice Day since it marked the end of World War One on "the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month" of 1918. Here are six books on that often-neglected conflict. (I will omit Barbara Tuchman's Guns of August because of how well-known it already is.) THE HAT...
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Kill 'Em and Leave is a difficult book to categorize---part biography, part music history, but what it most closely resembles in writing style and approach is a series of magazine articles on the subject of James Brown and his legacy. That is not meant as a criticism, and the book is written with energy and...
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[AI summary] This article analyzes how video games like Call of Duty and Medal of Honor utilize somber cinematography to evoke reverence and remembrance for WWII veterans, comparing these interactive experiences to films like Saving Private Ryan.
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My letter responding to this was published in today's New York Times. To the Editor: The report on lynching is a deeply needed review of the legacy
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