Editor’s note: April 30, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War. In commemoration, Military Times is highlighting stories about the Vietnam War.

THE AMERICAN HERITAGE PICTURE HISTORY OF WORLD WAR II, edited by David G. McCullough; text by C. L. Sulzberger. 640 pages. Simon & Schuster. $20 (deluxe edition: $25).There are at least 14.9 ...

In “The Wounded World,” Chad Williams examines the scholar-activist’s struggle to complete a book about Black troops’ experiences during World War I.

So many books on the American Civil War have been published in the past 160 years that it’s been estimated they average out to at least one per day since the surrender at Appomattox. Still, they ...

When Larson, the reigning king of Dad History, drops a new book on the Civil War a month and a half before Father’s Day in a pivotal election year, he knows what he’s doing. Sort of.

A Ukrainian tank steers his way on a road in the northeastern city of Trostyanets, on March 29, 2022. Recently published books can help readers better understand Russia and the war in Ukraine ...