11-11-11: World War I Remembered through Words and Melody Guest lecture featuring William Brooks 11:00 a.m. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music Admission: Free The eleventh hour of the […]
Category: military history
Q&A with Winning the War for Democracy author David Lucander
David Lucander is a professor of history at SUNY Rockland Community College. He recently answered some questions about his UIP book Winning the War for Democracy: The March on Washington Movement, […]
The Barb sinks a carrier
Seventy years ago today, the American submarine USS Barb torpedoed the Japanese carrier Unyo in the South China Sea, one of the legendary feats of the famed sub and its skipper, […]
New in paperback: two titles examine Civil War era secrets
Two UIP titles are available in paperback editions today. A Secret Society History of the Civil War Were the forces that drove the United States to civil war prompted by […]
Why the Nazis? A minute with Peter Fritzsche
Between Two Homelands: Letters across the Borders of Nazi Germany provides a glimpse into the everyday lives of one family living during the tumultuous years of World War Two. The book, […]
Q&A with Demilitarization in the Contemporary World editor Peter Stearns
Peter N. Stearns is Provost of George Mason University, author of Globalization in World History and editor of the new UIP book Demilitarization in the Contemporary World. He answered our questions about the book. […]
Illinois Press director Regier on ‘On War’ in Chronicle of Higher Education
University of Illinois Press director Willis G. Regier writes about German-Prussian military theorist Carl von Clausewitz, and the influential tome On War, in the Chronicle of Higher Education. With protracted wars in […]
The brutal realities of Gettysburg
July 1st – 3rd marks the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. The conflict, considered a turning point in the Civil War, involved the largest number of casualties during […]
Gillum Ferguson on the road
Gillum Ferguson is visiting bookstores, libraries, historical societies, and museums throughout the State of Illinois to discuss and sign copies of his new book Illinois in the War of 1812. […]