Pierce, Alan

Reviews the history of terrorism around the world, examines the rise of the al-Qaeda terrorist organization, discusses the reasons why the United States was targeted by al-Qaeda, and provides an account of the September 11, 2001 attack on the U.S.

Presents an overview of the 1955 bus boycott and the protest of segregation and other racist policies in Montgomery, Alabama, and places it in the larger context of the civil rights movement of that era, describing activists Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., and others. Includes glossary and time line.

A look at the network known as the underground railraod, which helped slaves escape to free states in the northern United States.

Presents an overview of post-Civil War America, and describes the events that the United States took to restore the South to the Union, politically and socially, after it seceded. Includes time line and glossary.

Chronicles the history of the "Trail of Tears" and the 1839 forced relocation of the Cherokee nation from their land in the southeastern United States to Oklahoma territory, a distance of eight hundred miles.

An illustrated history of the Jamestown colony that covers previous English attempts to establish a colony in North America, daily life in early Jamestown, the Virginia Company, Pocahontas, and Bacon's Rebellion, and includes a time line and fact list.

Examines the events leading up to the Declaration of Independence and discusses the French and Indian War, conflicts in Boston, rebellion and British oppression that led to independence, and interesting facts and people involved in the war against England.

Chronicles the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 by the Japanese launching the United States into war and examines the events leading up to the attack, a short history of Japanese militarism, Roosevelt's possible knowledge of the attack, and Japan's eventual defeat.

Profiles the 1980 Winter Olympic hockey playoff between the United States and the Soviet Union and also chronicles major political events in the U.S. such as the assassination of John Kennedy, Vietnam, resignation of Nixon, Iran Hostage crisis, and oil crisis of 1973.

Examines the history of the U.S. space program, focusing on the Apollo 13 mission in 1970 during which the loss of an oxygen tank forced astronauts to abandon their plan to land on the moon, and placed their lives in danger.