Describes how five cities influenced five artists: Van Gogh's Arles, France; Munch's Oslo, Norway; Vermeer's Delft, the Netherlands; Caravaggio's Rome; and Goya's Madrid. This guide allows a tourist to stand where pictures were painted and see what the artist saw (albeit in the present setting). Packed with a crash course on the history of each artist, walking tours, information on where to stay, directions on how to get to the cities and around them,...

"Andrew Carroll?s intimate portrait of General Pershing, who led all of the American troops in Europe during World War I, is a revelation. Given a military force that on the eve of its entry into the war was downright primitive compared to the European combatants, the general surmounted enormous obstacles to build an army and ultimately command millions of U.S. soldiers. But Pershing himself?often perceived as a harsh, humorless, and wooden leader?concealed...