When Influenza Truly Went Viral
The 1918-19 flu pandemic killed 10s of millions, and scientists still are looking for a cure
Book Review: A Lab of One’s Own
The void created by men going off to combat in World War I opened professional doors for women, Patricia Fara explains
Experience | Tanks for the Memories
In 1918 Captain George S. Patton Jr. sent his wife, Beatrice, a blow-by-blow account of his role in the Saint-Mihiel offensive
Book Review: More Deadly Than War
Kenneth C. Davis traces the course of the Spanish flu pandemic—one of the deadliest plagues in history amid one of the deadliest wars in history
Jane Addams, Secular Saint, Scorned During WWI
Progressive heroine's reputation suffered when she tried to sell pacifism as patriotism
Book Review: Behind the Lawrence Legend
Philip Walker's retelling of the Arab Revolt acknowledges the anonymous figures behind a legend
Book Review: A Military History of Modern South Africa
Ian van Der Waag presents the first study of South Africa's armed forces as an institution
Beneath Their Very Feet
In a covert 18-month effort Allied soldiers tunneled beneath German lines in Flanders to plant more than 500 tons of explosives
January 2019 Readers’ Letters
Readers sound off about World War I relics, presidents in uniform and "fragging" incidents during the Vietnam War
The Escape Artists
In July 1918, four months before the end of World War I, a cadre of British officer POWs staged a daring escape from the heart of Germany
Jagdgeschwader Tactics
Before his days as head of the Luftwaffe, Hermann Goring, a World War I fighter ace, wrote a revealing essay on tactics used by the German air force in the Great War
