Penn Live

How to watch History Channel’s docuseries ‘The Great War’ without cable

The History Channel’s new 4-hour docuseries “The Great War” covers U.S. involvement in World War I in the critical year of 1918 and is set to premiere Monday, May 27 at 8 p.m. The story follows ...
The Economist

Much of the Great War was decided in the east

The Eastern Front. By Nick Lloyd. Viking; 672 pages; £30. To be published in America by W.W. Norton in August; $42 Just 29 years old, Karl I was desperate to lead Austria-Hungary out of the first ...
Smithsonian Magazine

As Empires Clashed During World War I, a Global Media Industry Brought the Conflict’s Horrors to the Public

An exhibition at LACMA traces the roots of modern media to the Great War, when propaganda mobilized the masses, and questions whether the brutal truths of the battlefield can ever really be ...
The New York Times

This Book on World War I Changed How I Think of Nonfiction

Paul Fussell’s 50-year-old survey of trench warfare deserves a new generation of readers, our book critic writes. By Dwight Garner When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we ...