history

Describes the history of aerial bombing from the beginning of flight through the great campaigns of World War II.

Describes the role of aircraft carriers in World War II, especially Japanese and American carriers in the Pacific.

Outlines the history and development of troop carrier ships and amphibious vehicles, and describes how landing forces were used in some of the major battles of the twentieth century.

Presents an overview of the history of antiwar activists in the U.S. from the Revolutionary War to the war in Iraq. Includes photographs.

Provides information about the Cold War, a political power struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union, focusing on how spies and intelligence agents were used in an attempt to gain the advantage, and looking at milestones in the stand-off, including the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the building of the Berlin Wall.

Presents an introduction to propaganda, in both wartime and peace, and provides a discussion of what it is, its key players, and it history.

Describes how Joseph McCarthy and his associates tarnished reputations and ruined lives as they investigated potential communists and Soviet spies in the 1950s, how the "witch-hunt" ended, and its consequences.

Presents eyewitness accounts of what it was like to live in a communist country, and to participate in the events that led to its collapse. Includes a time line and list of primary sources.

Presents a study of the civil rights movement in the United States.

An illustrated history of the theatre, from its origins in ancient Greece and Rome through the late twentieth century, discussing acting, direction, genres, trends, theatre design, and many other topics.