case studies

"Traces the academic pursuits of four Los Angeles high school boys with very different backgrounds and resources who navigate challenges in class, race, expectations, cultural divides and luck to attend college"--OCLC.

An account of a serial murderer, Jerry Brudos, who killed four women in 1968 and 1969 in Portland, Oregon.

Profiles George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, and other U.S. presidents, discussing their courage in the face of criticism, political risk, and even threat of death to follow their convictions in various foreign and domestic policy situations.

"Douglas Carl Peifer compares the ways in which different presidential administrations have responded when American lives were lost at sea. He examines in depth three cases: the Maine incident (1898), which led to war in the short term; the Lusitania crisis (1915), which set the trajectory for intervention; and the Panay incident (1937), which was settled diplomatically"--Provided by publisher.

Profiles George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, and other U.S. presidents, discussing their courage in the face of criticism, political risk, and even threat of death to follow their convictions in various foreign and domestic policy situations.

"Examines the role of the state in constructing a public memory of the violence [during the dirty war] and in holding those responsible accountable through the most extensive trials for crimes against humanity to take place anywhere in Latin America"--Amazon.

Discusses the impact on a community's race relations when a young African-American is found murdered near a river which separates two Michigan towns; one predominantly white and prosperous and the other African-American and impoverished.

"In Leadership in Turbulent Times, Goodwin draws upon four of the presidents she has studied most closely--Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Lyndon B. Johnson (in civil rights)--to show how they first recognized leadership qualities within themselves, and were recognized by others as leaders. No common pattern describes the trajectory of leadership. Although set apart in background, abilities, and temperament, these men shared a fierce ambition and a deep-seated resilience that enabled them to surmount uncommon adversity"--Jacket flap.