international relations

Discussing the types of globalization, how and why it occurs, and its effect on people.

An analysis of the First World War and its aftermath.

Explores the issues surrounding Syria by placing opinions from a wide range of sources in a pro/con format. Features articles that express various perspectives on this topic.

Explains how the American Civil War and fight for democracy was viewed internationally.

"Mexican drug cartels are shooting up the streets of Laredo and El Paso. Somali pirates are holding three U.S. tankers for ransom. Chaos reigns. The President has had enough -- he needs to get hold of Colonel Charley Castillo and his merry band of fighters and put them on the case. Unfortunately, that might be impossible. Everybody knows that the President hates Castillo's guts, having had him forcibly retired from the military. And Castillo's men are scattered far and wide, many of them in hiding. There are also whispers that the President himself is becoming mentally unbalanced. How will it all play out? No ones knows for sure, but for Castillo and company, only one thing is definite: it will be hazardous duty."--from back cover.

Scientists are working to recover and retro-engineer alien technology when they hit a snag, something or someone wants the technology back, and Joe Ledger and the Department of Military Sciences rush to help.

"For years the Department of Military Sciences has fought to stop terrorists from using radical bioweapons--designer plagues, weaponized pathogens, genetically modified viruses, and even the zombie plague that first brought Ledger into the DMS. These terrible weapons have been locked away in the world's most secure facility. Until now. Joe Ledger and Echo Team are scrambled when a highly elite team of killers breaks the unbreakable security and steals the world's most dangerous weapons. Within days there are outbreaks of mass slaughter and murderous insanity across the American heartland. Can Joe Ledger stop a brilliant and devious master criminal from turning the Land of the Free into a land of the dead? "--.