The British bombing of Caen beginning on D-Day in particular was stupid, counter-productive and above all very close to a war crime.
Antony Beevor
Every country has its own perspective on the Second World War. This is not surprising when experiences and memories are so different.
At the beginning of June 1944, the war was reaching a climax. German troops had been brutalised by the savagery of the ongoing fighting in Russia... →
I was in Estonia when a professor asked me if I was aware that making any criticism of the Red Army during the war was now an imprisonable offence. I... →
In the Iraq war, for instance, so much of the information is digitized and can easily be wiped out. That will make it very hard to write accurate... →
It is important to understand the continuing, confused fascination with the Second World War. For most of us, the great unspoken question is how... →
The memory of the Second World War hangs over Europe, an inescapable and irresistible point of reference. Historical parallels are usually misleading... →
When we dwell on the enormity of the Second World War and its victims, we try to absorb all those statistics of national and ethnic tragedy. But, as... →
So one important lesson of Vietnam is, the first casualty of an unwise and unjust war are the American troops called on to fight it. Their service... →
Paul Begala
I've been influenced by some of the greatest designers. Charles Eames. And Bruno Munari in the '50s in Italy - when they had to retool the... →
Yves Behar