McKain, Mark

Contains eighteen articles that document the history of the atomic bomb, discussing the discovery of fission, the Manhattan Project, the decision to use the bomb against Japan, and the aftermath.

Presents twelve essays that examine the issue of anti-Semitism and the impact of anti-Semitism in the United States and throughout the world.

Contains excerpts from the writings of over twenty eyewitnesses to the settling of the American West, including Lewis and Clark, Catherine Haun, Fanny Kelley, Timothy Flint, and others, and features a chronology of significant events, and a bibliography.

Explains how the discoveries of Christopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci and the conquests of Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Francisco Pizarro, and Pedro de Valdivia created an empire for Spain.