Tag Archive | "WWII"

The Best Nonfiction Books of 2011: Gallery

Friday, December 23, 2011

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The Best Nonfiction Books of 2011: Gallery

2011's best nonfiction explores everything from the global financial crisis to the dark side of imperialism.

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The Other WWII

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

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The Other WWII

A new miniseries bears down on the brutal, sometimes barbaric fighting in the Pacific theater.

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Your Perfect Weekend, January 15-17

Thursday, January 14, 2010

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Your Perfect Weekend, January 15-17

If you can't decide between a tropical getaway and playing in the snow, we have you covered. This weekend, history buffs can revel in the USS Missouri's return to Pearl Harbor and catch a few waves at nearby Waikki Beach, or chill out at the High On Ice Festival with professional ice carvers and take to Whistler's slopes just before the Olympic crowd shreds the snow.

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Exit Interview: Chuck Yeager

Monday, January 26, 2009

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Exit Interview: Chuck Yeager

The greatest pilot in military history weighs in on breaking the sound barrier and butterscotch pie.

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Ed Zwick on his Defiance

Friday, January 16, 2009

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Ed Zwick on his <em>Defiance</em>

After 10 years of effort, the director of such epics as Glory, The Last Samurai, and Blood Diamond finally brings his new World War II saga to the screen.

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What Would Jack Do?

Saturday, January 26, 2008

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Here then is your Renegade Oracle, legendary refractor of Infinite Male Possibility, who has forever done as he wishes, done that which other men wished to merely dream. He has seen more than you will likely ever see, as enhanced and cooled through lenses tinted, famously, certainly.

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