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Contains twelve essays that offer varying perspectives on issues related to Islamic fundamentalism, including jihad, institutionalized Christianity inciting the growth of Islamism, the United States' relation to Islamism, and other topics; and provides contact information for organizations and a bibliography.

Perspectives on the challenges faced by Mexican immigrants, from their earliest experiences in America until today, and insight into the accomplishments of noted Mexican immigrants.

Examines the history of the U.S.'s foreign policy regarding Latin America, discussing the U.S.'s actions and tactics in Latin America as "imperial" precedents for the Iraq War.

Examines the U.S. involvement with Islamic fundamentalists since the Eisenhower administration, and maintains that America's historic alliance with the Islamic right was largely to blame for Islamic terrorism in the 1990s.

In 1841, rescued by an American whaler after a terrible shipwreck leaves him and his four companions castaways on a remote island, fourteen-year-old Manjiro learns new laws and customs as he becomes the first Japanese person to set foot in the United States.