world politics

Presents an overview of major political issues and theories from fifty personalities who that helped to change and shape the world.

Presents a collection of political cartoons that focus on a particular historical or current event and includes an analysis of each cartoon as well as background information.

Examines shifts in international power that have occurred between America, Britain, and Europe in the years since the fall of the Berlin Wall and explores how those shifts have shaped the world and the Western alliance.

Explains the background and context that led to the creation of the International Atomic Energy Agency, beginning with the Manhattan Project and ending with Article VI of the Non-Proliferation Treaty requiring members to end the nuclear arms race.

Contains twenty-three articles in which the authors provide varying perspectives on the issue of biological warfare, debating the seriousness of the danger of biological weapons, nations and groups that pose the greatest threat, U.S. preparedness, and prevention measures.

Explains the historical and religious issues that sparked terrorists to attack America on September 11, 2001, including information on Islam, Osama bin Laden, and the Middle East.

Discusses the origins of the Cold War and its effects on Europe, Asia, and the United States, nuclear threats, detente, and the future of the relationship between Russia and the United States.

An illustrated narrative history of the Cold War that includes firsthand and eyewitness accounts from individuals in the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and China.

Features primary source material from speeches, letters, and diaries, as well as first-hand experiences of those who were a part of the Great Depression, and describes the stock market crash of 1929, unemployment, bread line, World War Two, and more.

A retelling of the story of the Trojan War illustrated with collages featuring newspaper clippings of modern events from World War I through the Persian Gulf war.