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Stanley Weintraub
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Stanley Weintraub

Stanley Weintraub is Evan Pugh Professor Emeritus of Arts and Humanities at Penn State University and the author of notable histories and biographies including 11 Days in December, Silent Night: The Story of the World War I Christmas Truce, MacArthur's War, Long Day's Journey into War, and A Stillness Heard Round the World: The End of the Great War. He lives in Newark, Delaware.

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Excerpt 1 from General Washington's Christmas Farewell
Apr 05, 2013
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Excerpt 1 from Silent Night
Dec 05, 2012
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Excerpt 1 from MacArthur's War
Nov 10, 2012
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Excerpt 1 from Charlotte and Lionel
Aug 30, 2012
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Chapter 1 from General Washington's Christmas Farewell
Jun 13, 2009
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Introduction from Silent Night
Jan 16, 2009
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Introduction from Silent Night
Jan 07, 2009
MacArthur's War will be released on November 21, 2008 in Trade Paperback
Nov 21, 2008
MacArthur's War is now available in Trade Paperback
Nov 21, 2008
MacArthur's War will be released on November 21, 2008 in
Nov 21, 2008
MacArthur's War is now available in
Nov 21, 2008
Charlotte and Lionel will be released on September 12, 2008 in eBook
Sep 12, 2008
Charlotte and Lionel will be released on September 12, 2008 in eBook
Sep 12, 2008
Charlotte and Lionel will be released on September 12, 2008 in eBook
Sep 12, 2008
Charlotte and Lionel is now available in eBook
Sep 12, 2008
Silent Night will be released on June 20, 2008 in eBook
Jun 20, 2008

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Daily Freeman, December 6, 2012
...Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum WHEN: Friday, 7 p.m. Details: An author talk and book signing with Stanley Weintraub author of Pearl Harbor Christmas: A World At War, December 1941. Contact: Cliff Laube (845) 486-7745...
WDET 101.9FM, November 6, 2012
...A look at presidential campaigns past. Stanley Weintraub talks with Craig about his book, "Final Victory: FDR's Extraordinary World War II Presidential Campaign." Facing a tough road against Thomas E. Dewey, Franklin D. Roosevelt had...
Philadelphia Inquirer, October 7, 2012
...Final Victory FDR's Extraordinary World War II Presidential Campaign By Stanley Weintraub Da Capo Press. 318 pp. $26 Reviewed by Chris Patsilelis On July 20, 1944, while on his way by train to observe the Fifth Marine Division's amphibious landing...
University of Delaware, September 26, 2012
...Glenis Redmond will give a reading from 4:30-6 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 27, in 206 Kirkbride Hall. Stanley Weintraub will speak and sign copies of his new book on FDR on Sept. 27 at the UD Bookstore. Kirkus Reviews called Final Victory "a well-drawn...
Denver Post, July 22, 2012
...s a perspective on Winston Churchill you hadn't thought of yet: His daughter's. Final Victory, by Stanley Weintraub. How is it (The Denver Post)that FDR managed to prosecute World War II and run a successful re-election campaign?...
Columbus Dispatch, July 18, 2012
...have been any different? In Final Victory, a briskly written history of the presidential election of 1944, historian Stanley Weintraub shows that, while the destination might never have been in serious doubt, the road to it was filled with obstacles...
Seymour Tribune, July 11, 2012
...—“Final Victory: FDR’s Extraordinary World War II Presidential Campaign,” by Stanley Weintraub; Da Capo (256 pages, $26) ——— Looking back, it seemed inevitable: Of course Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to a fourth term as president...
Kabayan Weekly, January 2, 2013
...French and British troops accepted. “The memorable event was detailed in a book, titled ‘Silent Night,’ written by Stanley Weintraub. He wrote: ‘Signboards arose up and down the trenches in a variety of shapes. They were usually in English, or...
Victorville Daily Press, December 26, 2012
...they lit the candles clamped to the branches. It was one of the first maneuvers in what historian Stanley Weintraub called “an outbreak of peace” in his book, “Silent Night: The Story of the World War I Christmas Truce.” The cease-fire of...
Equity Help Desk, December 25, 2012
...event the official histories of the "Great War" leave out, and the Orwellian historians hide from the public. Stanley Weintraub has broken through this barrier of silence and written a moving account of this significant event by compiling letters sent...
Zero Hedge, December 25, 2012
...event the official histories of the "Great War" leave out, and the Orwellian historians hide from the public. Stanley Weintraub has broken through this barrier of silence and written a moving account of this significant event by compiling letters sent...
One News Page, December 25, 2012
...event the official histories of the "Great War" leave out, and the Orwellian historians hide from the public. Stanley Weintraub has broken through this barrier of silence and written a moving account of this significant event by compiling letters sent...
AllVoices, December 20, 2012
...French and British troops accepted. The memorable event was detailed in a book, titled Silent Night, written by Stanley Weintraub. He wrote: Signboards arose up and down the trenches in a variety of shapes. They were usually in English, or from the...
WIS-TV, December 18, 2012
...more, read Silent Night: The Story of the World War I Christmas Truce, a book by military historian Stanley Weintraub...