Head, Tom

Provides excerpts from letters, books, newspaper articles, speeches, and diaries which express various thoughts about the strategies, battles, personalities, and politics of generals during the Civil War.

Provides excerpts from letters, books, newspaper articles, speeches, and diaries which express various thoughts about the experiences of women and the families left behind during the Civil War.

Uses letters, diary entries, and other primary sources to describe the daily lives, thoughts, and emotions of slaves during the Civil War.

Describes the Civil War through primary sources written by the most prominent Confederate generals.

Presents a collection of essays that debate the various issues related to human rights, including discussions about sweatshops, the Patriot Act, and prisoners at Guantanamo Bay.

Presents a collection of essays that examine the issue of religion and education, exploring a wide range of opinions using primary and secondary sources that provide an account of what role religion has in government institutions.

Presents thirteen essays that debate the justification of torture in certain situations, and discusses such issues as the legalization and regulation of torture, the statutes of the Geneva Convention, the Abu Ghraib prisoner case, and U.S. foreign policy objectives.

A collection of articles from various sources which chronicle the life of Mikhail Gorbachev and reflect on his impact on the world.

Presents twelve essays that debate the existence of UFO landing sites and the origins of the Great Pyramid, Stonehenge, and the statues of Easter Island, and includes a guide to analyzing the evidence and a further reading list.