Acclaim for Craig Shirley’s April 1945, The Hinge of History

The latest book by presidential historian and bestselling author Craig Shirley '78 recounts the final months of World War II. The long-awaited follow up to Shirley’s highly acclaimed December 1941, April 1945 tells of the final month of the Second World War. Vigorously researched and rich…

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Bill Stueck ’67 Presents on the Value of History as a Discipline

Bill Stueck ’67, PhD, recently returned to Springfield College to talk to our campus community about the value of history as a discipline in helping us understand issues as diverse as the COVID pandemic, the tobacco industry’s hiring of historians to research and testify in…

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