In Defense of Peace

Ceremonies were held today in Paris to observe Armistice Day. Led by French President Emmanuel Macron—whose speech made clear to world leaders (this time including Donald Trump, who evidently mustered the strength he lacked yesterday to brave a little rain) that they “must find new ways to build peace together in the face of dangerous, rising populism and ‘selfish’ nationalism”—the event specifically commemorated 100 years since the end of World War I.

In the United States, November 11 is Veterans Day, an annual holiday designed to honor everybody who has served with the American military (not just those who died in combat—they’re specifically recognized on Memorial Day in May). Janet Rudolph has taken advantage of this occasion to post, in Mystery Fanfare, a rundown of general war-related mysteries, plus links to lists elsewhere of crime novels set around World War I or those that at least feature protagonists who are military vets. Click here to find her piece.

READ MORE: “Why the First World War Lasted So Long,” by Alexander Lanoszka and Michael A. Hunzeker (The Washington Post); “In Photos Unpublished for 100 Years, the Joy of War’s End on Armistice Day,” by Alexis Clark (The New York Times); “The End of War: New York Newspapers Celebrate Armistice Day and the End of World War I” (The Bowery Boys); “On This World War I Anniversary, Let’s Not Celebrate Woodrow Wilson,” by Michael Beschloss (The Washington Post).