Cothran, Helen

Authors discuss the rise in heroin use and debate treatments for heroin addiction.

Presents an overview of nuclear security and essays providing differing opinions on nuclear arms control, nuclear testing, and other countries as threats to nuclear security.

Authors present differing viewpoints on the issue of discrimination, on the factors that cause police brutality, and on who should police the police.

Contains primary and secondary source articles which trace the conquest of the New World, providing information on Christopher Columbus, the Conquistadors, and the Indians.

Presents chronologically arranged primary and secondary source articles that examine some of the major political, social, and cultural events of the twelfth century.

Contains essays that examine major events in the presidency of Abraham Lincoln, with analyses of how he handled each crisis, including the outbreak of the Civil War, the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus, the emancipation of the slaves, and reconstruction. Includes a biographical profile of Lincoln.