Among the millions of World War II veterans were seven future U.S. presidents. Some only narrowly survived the experience.

Paul Fussell’s 50-year-old survey of trench warfare deserves a new generation of readers, our book critic writes.

The Book Thief was considered to be “unadaptable,” as the novel featured some clever framing devices and internalized moments of introspection that may have been difficult to translate to the screen.