Perspectives on modern world history

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The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

2011
Provides background information on the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and presents controversies surrounding the event, and also offers personal narratives from people who lived through or were impacted by this event.

The Oklahoma City Bombing

2012
The broadest possible understanding of the Oklahoma City bombing comes from exploring multiple perspectives, from different time periods, different cultures and different ideologies.

The Great Depression

2010
Focuses on the Great Depression with an emphasis on non-U.S. perspectives, offering basic historical information about a significant event, examining the controversies surrounding the event and providing first-person narratives from people who lived through or were impacted by the event.

The Iranian Revolution

2012
This book opens with background information on the Iranian Revolution 1978-1979, presents controversies on whether the Western Press demonized the Iranian Revolution, and includes personal narratives from people who witnessed or were impacted by the revolution.

The Chinese Cultural Revolution

2012
This book opens with background information on the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), presents controversies on the fervor of the Red Guards to maintain revolutionary enthusiasm, and includes personal narratives from people whose lives were greatly impacted by the Cultural Revolution.

Student movements of the 1960s

2012
This book opens with background information on student movements in the 1960s, presents the controversies surrounding student activism, and includes personal narratives from people who witnessed or participated in the activism regarding race, nuclear arms, the Vietnam War, and freedom of expression.

Stalin's great purge

2013
Provides historical background on Stalin's purges and explores controversies surrounding the purges. It offers first hand accounts from those who experienced the effects of Stalin's purges.

The women's liberation movement

2012
Discusses the historical background of the women's rights movement in the United States, addresses controversies, and features personal narratives from activists and authors involved in the movement.

Watergate

2012
The broadest possible understanding of Watergate comes from exploring multiple perspectives, from different time periods, different cultures and different ideologies.

D-Day

2012
Explores the historical background of, and controversies surrounding, D-Day, offering personal narratives from American and German soldiers, a British journalist, and a French civilian.

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