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Issues of war and peace

2002
Primary documents and commentary help analyze the United States military involvement in more than a dozen conflicts since the birth of the nation.

6 nightmares

real threats in a dangerous world and how America can meet them
2000
Examines six possible, and realistic, scenarios which threaten the security of the United States, and discusses what the government can do to prevent those scenarios from becoming reality.

The spiral road

change in a Chinese village through the eyes of a Communist Party leader
1989

Suburban Sahibs

three immigrant families and their passage from India to America
2003
Presents accounts of three Indian families who decided to leave their homes and move to the suburbs of America, specifically, Middlesex County, New Jersey, in pursuit of the American dream.

The ballad of Little River

a tale of race and restless youth in the rural South
2000
Reveals why Little River, Alabama, experienced racial violence in 1997, including the murder of a black man, an attack on a white storekeeper, and the burning of two black churches by white teens.

When she was white

the true story of a family divided by race
2007

Incident at Howard Beach

the case for murder
1990
Investigates a 1986 event at Howard Beach in New York in which four black men were attacked in a racial incident.

Averting the Apocalypse

social movements in India today
1990
A portrait of India's lower classes including interviews with activists who are mobilizing for social change.

The other side of the river

a story of two towns, a death, and America's dilemma
1998
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.

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