Investigates the mysteries and rumors of conspiracies surrounding various politicians and political events, including the Watergate scandal, the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hillary Clinton's "vast right-wing conspiracy" accusations, and others.
Presents opposing viewpoints regarding Japan's business practices, society, position as a world power, and relationship with the United States. Includes critical thinking skills activities.
Examines the politics of the 1960s-the New Left, the counter-culture, the civil rights movement, and the administrations of Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson.
Examines the period when the United States and the Soviet Union opposed each other for influence over the smaller nations of the world and how this struggle expressed itself in the arms race and in Korea and Vietnam. Also discusses the conflicts such as the civil rights movement that occurred within the U.S. during the same period.
A biography of U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson that discusses his personality; political strategies and techniques; and decisions made while in office, including an escalation of military activity in Vietnam in the middle of the 1960s.
Chronicles seven presidential administrations from Richard M. Nixon to George W. Bush that profiles their early years, political careers, presidency, and legacy.
