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A history of the end of the arms race describes the Soviet Union's development of an automatic retaliatory attack system, the United States's efforts to create space-based missile defenses, and the struggle to prevent nuclear weapons from being acquired by terrorists.

Tells the stories behind 150 familiar English words that originally came from Spanish.

Presents a viewpoint of the crusades probing Jewish, Christian, and Islamic connections.

A collection of fictional and nonfictional writings by children of Holocaust survivors, including selections by Art Spiegelman, Eva Hoffman, Peter Singer, and others.

Explores how the shadow of the Cold War still hangs over American foreign policy, and discusses how domestic politics have determined the United States' role as a world power.

Examines the connections between colonial ideology and contemporary American writing and films concerning the Vietnam experience.

Cultural history and interpretation of the impact World War I had on English society and culture.

Collects essays, poems, letters, and artwork created by middle-grade youths from around North America, prompted by the question of what meaning they find in the history of the Holocaust.

Explores the events surrounding the capture of the iconic photograph showing Buzz Aldrin standing on the moon's surface and discusses what this image represented in regards to mankind's will to explore the unknown universe.