Congratulations to J. Gregory Acken, winner of the Army Historical Foundation’s Distinguished Writing Awards for 2023. His book, Through Blood and Fire: The Civil War Letters of Major Charles J. Mills, 1862–1865, Revised and Expanded Edition, wins in the Reprint category.

“Charles G. Mills belongs alongside other Harvard-educated men who wrote perceptively about the American Civil War. He […]

Science Fiction Research Association (SFRA) reviews The Lion’s Country: C. S. Lewis’s Theory of the Real by Charlie W. Starr.
“… a valuable contribution to Lewis studies. With engaging prose, Starr ably explains the difficult philosophical concepts behind Lewis’s fiction. Both scholars and general readers interested in Lewis should find this book appealing. This volume not only provides insight […]

Catch Voice of America’s Steven Herman on #NYTReadalong. Host Sree Sreenivasan talks to Steve about the Trump verdict and his book, Behind the White House Curtain: A Senior Journalist’s Story of Covering the President—and Why It Matters.
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Key issues in the upcoming Presidential Debates? Steve Herman, “Behind the White House Curtain” author and Chief national correspondent for Voice of America speaks to Inside Story/Al Jazeera English.

 
“Ames lived a very long life (he died in 1933 at the age of 97), so it’s not surprising that Michael Megelsh’s new biography Adelbert Ames, the Civil War, and the Creation of Modern America devotes roughly half of its narrative to its subject’s post-Civil War life and political pursuits. Following a very brief summary […]

Don’t miss this fascinating interview with Michael J. Megelsh, author of Adelbert Ames, the Civil War, and the Creation of Modern America. This interview is brought to you by Current online.
“Besides being a gripping story that includes battles, adventures abroad, and a gunfight with Jesse James and his associates in Northfield, Minnesota, this work […]

Don’t miss this informative interview from CBC News with Author Steve Herman, chief national correspondent of the Voice of America and author of Behind the White House Curtain: A Senior Journalist’s Story of Covering the President—and Why It Matters. He discusses the recent Biden-Netanyahu phone call and Israel’s prosecution of the war in Gaza.
 

The Volunteer interviews Alex Vernon, author of Reading Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls.
“For Whom the Bell Tolls, Ernest Hemingway’s sprawling Spanish Civil War novel first published in October 1940, is still among his most widely read books. It is also widely misunderstood, says Hemingway scholar Alex Vernon. Vernon teaches at Hendrix College (Arkansas), is […]

Congratulations to Jamie Capuzza for winning the Senior Scholar Publication Award from the Ohio Academy of History for book The Fifth Star: Ohio’s Fight for Women’s Right to Vote.
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“Take a look Behind the White House Curtain with this extract from Steve Herman’s upcoming book, courtesy of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan.
As a frequent traveling pooler, I was issued a Defense Biometrics Identification System (DBIDS) card to show at the guard post, allowing me to drive directly to the terminal. Subsequent to the perfunctory […]