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Articles by James B. Conroy
Australia’s social media ban shows how extreme the technology debate has become – there’s a better way - EconoTimes
The recent decision by the Australian government to introduce a ban on social media for under-16s has been received with both praise and condemnation. Those who approve of the proposal tend to consider that children are being exploited by egregious levels of exposure to this technology. Opponents of the ban argue that it is not proportionate to the potential harms of denying young people appropriate access to what have become integral features of everyday existence.
Ireland’s forgotten supercentenarians, who lived to be over 100 years old
An Irish woman who lived to 111, another who had a 97-year career and a supercentenarian poet. Why aren't these incredible lives remembered and what would be a fitting way to honor them? From an early age, I have always been fascinated by the concept of people reaching the age of one hundred years, and even more fascinated by the concept of people living past the age of 110 and thus reaching the point of supercentenarian status.
Book Review: "November 1942" by Peter Englund, "The Devils Will Get No Rest" by James B. Conroy, and "Road to Surrender" by Evan Thomas
These three books explore key moments in World War II through the eyes of participants who could not know what the future held for them or their countries. This approach humanizes history by allowing readers to better appreciate the people who made it and the considerations that influenced their actions.
Age of Danger: Keeping America Safe in an Era of New Superpowers, New Weapons, and New Threats
In This Review In This Review Age of Danger: Keeping America Safe in an Era of New Superpowers, New Weapons, and New Threats Hoehn and Shanker seek to understand why U.S. national security systems have often failed to keep up with events. The authors divide the problem into “the warning machine,” which should alert policymakers to emerging threats, and “the action machine,” which should then deal with those threats.
The Devils Will Get No Rest: FDR, Churchill, and the Plan That Won the War
Accounts of the Allied victory in World War II often gloss over the fact that Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union were initially woefully unprepared for all-out war against their ruthless Axis foes Germany and Japan. Nor did life-and-death struggles preclude constant internecine disagreements over the conduct of the war. The Allies somehow managed to emerge victorious in spite of this unpromising start.
THE DEVILS WILL GET NO REST
Despite a clash of egos and deep-seated differences, a crucial conclave mapped out a war-winning path. Planning military strategy is an enormously difficult task; when several nations are involved, it becomes even more problematic. Conroy, the author of Lincoln’s White House, chronicles the Casablanca Conference of January 1943, when Churchill, Roosevelt, and their senior generals met to plan the next phase of World War II.
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