united states

"Unshackling America challenges the persistent fallacy that Americans fought two separate wars of independence. Williard Sterne Randall documents an unremitting fifty-year-long struggle for economic independence from Britain overlapping two armed conflicts linked by an unacknowledged global struggle. Throughout this perilous period, the struggle was all about free trade. Neither Jefferson nor any other Founding Father could divine that the Revolutionary Period of 1763 to 1783 had concluded only one part, the first phase of their ordeal. The Treaty of Paris of 1783 at the end of the Revolutionary War halted overt combat but had achieved only partial political autonomy from Britain. By not guaranteeing American economic independence and agency, Britain continued to deny American sovereignty. Randall details the fifty years and persistent attempts by the British to control American trade waters, but he also shows how, despite the outrageous restrictions, the United States asserted the doctrine of neutral rights and developed the world's second largest merchant fleet as it absorbed the French Caribbean trade. American ships carrying trade increased five-fold between 1790 and 1800, its tonnage nearly doubling again between 1800 and 1812, ultimately making the United States the world's largest independent maritime power"--Provided by publisher.

Explore the Battle of Inchon of the Korean War. Authoritative text, colorful illustrations, illuminating sidebars, and questions to prompt critical thinking make this an exciting and informative read.

Provides a detailed account of the US-backed military invasion of Cuba in 1961, examining CIA documents, discussing President John F. Kennedy's denial and involvement in the invasion, and examining whether the CIA manipulated Kennedy to approve a plan that would eventually involve the US military.

Draws on documents and interviews to detail the Berlin Crisis of 1961 and discuss its influence on the Cold War as well as politics in the early twenty-first century.

Presents a comprehensive assessment of the history and leadership of Cuba from its earliest colonial days through the late twentieth century; and discusses major events, including the missile crisis in 1962, Che Guevara, and Eian Gonzalez.

In the early nineteenth century, the United States turned its idealistic gaze southward, imagining a legacy of revolution and republicanism it hoped would dominate the American hemisphere. From pulsing port cities to Midwestern farms and southern plantations, an adolescent nation hailed Latin America?s independence movements as glorious tropical reprises of 1776. Even as Latin Americans were gradually ending slavery, U.S. observers remained energized by the belief that their founding ideals were triumphing over European tyranny among their ?sister republics.? But as slavery became a violently divisive issue at home, goodwill toward antislavery revolutionaries waned. By the nation?s fiftieth anniversary, republican efforts abroad had become a scaffold upon which many in the United States erected an ideology of white U.S. exceptionalism that would haunt the geopolitical landscape for generations. Marshaling groundbreaking research in four languages, Caitlin Fitz defines this hugely significant, previously unacknowledged turning point in U.S. history.

"What do people do at NASA (and in outerspace)? Readers pick from eight different scenarios and experience "next best thing to being there yourself" opportunities for interactive career exploration. Sidebars promote additional learning activities and independent reaserch"--.

Provides access to all the information in the entire Cold War series. Combines all the entries found in each individual book's index for volumes 1 to 4 as well as resources, a time line and synopses of the four companion CNN Cold War videos.

"Retired army colonel ... Andrew J. Bacevich ... [reassesses] U.S. military policy in the Middle East over the past four decades ...[Provides a narrative] of episodes as varied as the Beirut bombing of 1983, the Mogadishu firefight of 1993, the invasion of Iraq in 2003, and the rise of ISIS"--Provided by publisher.