Provides information about Tibet, a political hotspot, and depicts its struggle for independence from China. Discusses its history, religion, society, ruling classes, rebellions, and revolutions. Includes color photographs and an index.
An introduction to human rights issues, providing background information on various problems, and offering a range of solutions for each. Includes time lines, maps, and primary sources.
Describes some of the major events of the 1980s that helped to change the world including the fall of communism and the Berlin Wall, the disaster at Chernobyl, massacre in Tiananmen Square in China, Space Shuttle Challenger explodes, and more.
Presenting both the positive and the negative impacts of science, this book examines the politics of space, the uses of satellites and space probes, and the realities of living in space.
Traces the history and development of nuclear weapons, describes the arms race of the Cold War, discusses the dangers of nuclear proliferation, and explains what might happen in the future of nuclear proliferation is not stopped.
