Describes the everyday life of the Native Americans living on the Great Plains before the coming of the Europeans, covering their religion, social customs, government, and art.
Chronicles the events which occurred on the second and fourth days of August 1964 and explains how those events drew the United States into the Vietnam War.
Profiles Claire Lee Chennault who, after retiring from the United States Army Air Corps, volunteered as an advisor to Chiang Kai-Shek and led both Chinese and American air troops against Japan during World War II.
Recounts events leading up to and surrounding the Korean Conflict of the early 1950s, as well as its long-lasting consequences, looking particularly at the participation of United States troops.
Presents a biography of Robert E. Lee, General of the Confederate army in the American Civil War, from his earliest childhood experinces--poverty, and the death of his father--to his education at West Point Military Academy, his military career, and his service to the Confederacy.
Chronicles the life of Union general Ulysses S. Grant, discussing his childhood, schooling at the United States Military Academy, service during the Mexican War, role in the Civil War, presidency, and other related topics.
Presents a history of the tense, often combative, relations between Soviet Russia and the United States from the end of World War II to the fall of communism in 1989.
