1931-

Examination of the vital transactions George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev made and concealed from the world.

Significant pictures of Civil rights movement in the South from 1958 to 1965 photographed by Charles Moore.

The story of the second Russian Revolution, examining Gorbachev's USSR through interviews with the new Russians --in their homes, at work, and in school.

Recounts the six-year ordeal of Commander Richard Stratton, a Navy pilot who was taken prisoner by the North Vietnamese.

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas discusses her life and career as an author.

Traces the life of the Russian leader from his impoverished childhood through his political career to his role in the 1991 coup and the beginning of his presidency.

The demise of one of the world's superpowers and of the totalitarian system founded by Lenin and enforced by Stalin, is a story of rivalry, treachery, and betrayals, driven to its conclusion by the bitter personal relationship between two major figures of the twentieth century---Gorbachev and Yeltsin.

This vividly written memoir describes the author's experiences as a young girl growing up in an atmosphere of uncertainty and fear during and after World War II, when her family's hometown was seized and occupied during the Nazi invasion of Poland.

The ending of the Cold War in the waning years of the twentieth century continues to be one of the most unexpected and perplexing events of our time. Explanations provided by the winners and the losers in the Cold War differ considerably and often contradict each other. The author attempts to offer an answer to the question: why did it happen? by showing that the radical transformation of Soviet foreign policy during the Gorbachev years was part of a plan for internal democratic reform and an opening of Soviet society to the outside world.