Text and photographs describe eight crises faced by the United States' presidents, followed by options for reader decisions and the actual decisions made by presidents.
The reader assumes the role of a juror in eight famous trials of the twentieth century: the Lindbergh kidnapping, Sullivan v. New York Times, the Chicago Seven, Patty Hearst's trial for armed robbery, and others.
Examines eight historic decisions of the United States Senate: Prohibition, the Social Security Act, the Taft-Hartley Act, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, direct election of the president, the War Powers Act, the Gramm-Rudman bill, and the Brady bill.
Examines eight important battles fought in the 1800s: New Orleans, Waterloo, Mexico City, Sebastopol, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Little Bighorn, and Colenso, and the military decisions that determined their outcomes.
Text and accompanying photographs present eight actual crises faced by American presidents followed by a list of options for a decision making policy. Includes an evaluation of the actual decisions made by the presidents.
Discusses the decisions faced by such explorers as Christopher Columbus, James Cook, Samuel de Champlain, and Robert Scott, offers options these men needed to consider, and analyzes the courses of action they chose.
