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North Korea today

Examines the leaders, actions, impact, and future of the North Korean regime. Includes facts, photographs, a glossary, and further resources.
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Russian roulette

the inside story of Putin's war on America and the election of Donald Trump
2018
"Explains how Vladimir Putin and Russia hacked an American election as part of a covert operation to subvert the United States' democracy and help Donald Trump win the presidency."--Provided by publisher.
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Pearl Harbor

2018
Presents an examination of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and includes American Girl Nanea's story of adjusting to life in Hawaii after the attack.
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The split history of the attack on Pearl Harbor

U.S. perspective
2018
Provides a history of the attack on Pearl Harbor from the perspectives of both the United States forces and the Japanese forces.
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Spies in the family

an American spymaster, his Russian crown jewel, and the friendship that helped end the Cold War
2017
"The true story of two spies and their families on opposite sides of the Cold War, told from the first-person perspective of Eva Dillon, the daughter of one of these spies. With impeccable insider access to both families as well as CIA officers, Dillon offers a ... true-life spy thriller told in the tradition of a family memoir"--Provided by publisher.
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Run for the border

vice and virtue in U.S.-Mexico border crossings
Presents a historical analysis of border crossings in both directions on the United States-Mexico border and offers a framework for a more comprehensive border policy.
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Three days in Moscow

Ronald Reagan and the fall of the Soviet Empire
"Recounts the events of Reagan's historic, three-day 1988 Moscow Summit with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, examining the importance of Reagan's speech at Moscow State University that offered a new vision of the future to the Soviet people"--Provided by publisher.
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In the enemy's house

the secret saga of the FBI agent and the code breaker who caught the Russian spies
"In 1946 . . . linguist and codebreaker Meredith Gardner discovered that the KGB was running an extensive network of strategically placed spies inside the United States, whose goal was to infiltrate American intelligence and steal the nation's military and atomic secrets. Over the course of the next decade, he and young FBI supervisor Bob Lamphere worked together on Venona, a top-secret mission to uncover the Soviet agents and protect the Holy Grail of Cold War espionage--the atomic bomb"--Provided by publisher.
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Cuba

Presents a comprehensive assessment of the history and leadership of Cuba from its earliest colonial days through the late twentieth century; and discusses major events, including the missile crisis in 1962, Che Guevara, and Eian Gonzalez.
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US-Iran relations

A collection of essays that provides varying perspectives on issues relating to international relations between the United States and Iran.
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