Gerdes, Louise

Presents nineteen controversial essays that debate the issue of spousal abuse, and discusses violence in teenage relationships, police response to domestic situations, insurance discrimination, and more.

Explores the use of drones in fighting terrorism, in conducting war in general, in assisting border security, and in carrying out domestic surveillance.

Contains essays that examine some of the defining events of the 1930s in both the domestic and international arenas, discussing signs of change, the Great Depression and the New Deal, the "Golden Age" of radio, entertainment, crime, and other topics.

Reprints twenty-four significant speeches of the Cold War era, including selections by Winston Churchill, Mao Tse-tung, John F. Kennedy, Albert Einstein, Ronald Reagan, and others in which they discuss the fear of communist aggression, coercion and crisis, the threat of nuclear war, the struggle for peace, and the Berlin Wall.

Contains primary and secondary source documents that provide a variety of perspectives on professional wrestling, discussing its origins, and looking at the influence of the entertainment form on young watchers, and on the culture of America.