Archer, Jules

Offers brief biographies of pioneering feminists Susan B. Anthony, Margaret Sanger, and Betty Friedan, presenting information on their roles in establishing key rights for women in the United States.

Discusses voting rights, candidates, parties, and other aspects of American elections, and tells how leaders are chosen in other countries.

Explores the ideological and practical conflicts between dictatorships and democracies through the lives, and political and social theories of dictators including Lenin, Stalin, Chiang Kai-shek, Hitler, Stalin and others.

A history of mob violence in the United States, from the time of the American Revolution to the riots in Los Angeles in 1992.

A dual portrait of the two opposing Civil War generals explores their formative years and early careers through their postwar lives, covering their roles during the Civil War, detailing specific battles and the decisions made by each man.

Provides a comprehensive survey of the events, personalities, and issues involved in the Watergate Affair, from the 1972 break-in to the 1974 resignation of Richard Nixon.