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Peace in the Middle East

An analysis of the Arab-Israeli conflict and the possibility of peace.
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A glorious defeat

Mexico and its war with the United States
2008
Examines the Mexican-American War from both sides, discussing its impact on both countries at the time and generations later, as well as how it has shaped U.S.-Mexico relations.
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The Berlin Airlift

the relief operation that defined the Cold War
Using American, British and German archives and original interviews with veterans, looks at the events surrounding the Berlin Airlift after World War II in which food and other supplies were airlifted to Germany.
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Midnight in broad daylight

a Japanese American family caught between two worlds
2016
Alternating between American and Japanese perspectives, this tells the story of a Japanese American family that found itself on opposite sides during World War II.

Little rice

smartphones, Xiaomi, and the Chinese dream
2015
Exlpores the rise of Xiaomi in China's smartphone market.

Countdown to Pearl Harbor

the twelve days to the attack
2016
"A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter chronicles the 12 days leading up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, examining the miscommunications, clues, missteps and racist assumptions that may have been behind America's failure to safeguard against the tragedy"--NoveList.

The Marshall Plan and the Truman Doctrine

2018
This book gives an in-depth discussion of European integration and the influence of Communism on Western Europe.

The Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis

2018
This book takes a closer look at this dramatic conflict and the tensions that emerged from the threat of nuclear power.

14 cows for America

Presents an illustrated tale of a gift of fourteen cows given by the Maasai people of Kenya to the U.S. as a gesture of comfort and friendship in the wake of the attacks of September 11, 2001.

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