When I taught World War II, whether in college or in high school, it was always a very difficult proposition. In the survey courses, it was generally pretty late in the year, which meant that there wasn’t a great deal of time left on the semester clock. Because it was such a huge topic, even in t...
“Admiral, you’ve got to see this,” said his duty officer, who had never before interrupted the boss’s sleep. “It isn’t good.”1 With disbelieving eyes, King read Turner’s dispatch reporting the loss of four Allied cruisers with heavy loss of life, and the hurried withdrawal of the transports and c...