united states

Examines the U.S. involvement with Islamic fundamentalists since the Eisenhower administration, and maintains that America's historic alliance with the Islamic right was largely to blame for Islamic terrorism in the 1990s.

Contains twenty-six essays that provide opposing viewpoints on issues related to the U.S.-led war on Iraq in 2003, debating whether the war was justified, the role of the U.S. in Iraq, the type of government Iraq should have, and the country's prospects for the future.

A collection of firsthand accounts of thirty human and robotic spaceflight missions.

Discusses the origins of the Cold War and its effects on Europe, Asia, and the United States, nuclear threats, detente, and the future of the relationship between Russia and the United States.

A study of the men who came to power during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, and of their leadership of America during the sixties.

A brief biography of Abraham Lincoln, describing his political career, his feelings about slavery, and his role as president during the Civil War.

Details Commodore Matthew Perry's role in opening Japan's closed society to world trade in the 1850s, one of history's most significant diplomatic achievements.

In 1841, rescued by an American whaler after a terrible shipwreck leaves him and his four companions castaways on a remote island, fourteen-year-old Manjiro, who dreams of becoming a samurai, learns new laws and customs as he becomes the first Japanese person to set foot in the United States.

Tells the story of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941, that brought the United States into World War II.

Traces the rise of Japan as a military power and the emergence of the United States as a world superpower that found itself drawn into World War II after the attack on Pearl Harbor.