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Chronicles America's first international crisis caused by French representative Genet who instead of improving French-American relations tried to provoke a war with Britain.

Examines the naval tactics of the American colonies during the Revolutionary War, and focuses on the acts of piracy which set sites against British merchant ships, and discusses how the spoils were divided.

Discusses the beginning of the conflict in Vietnam from the early struggle for independence from French colonizers to the start of America's involvement in the 1950s.

Examines the factors which increasingly eroded the negotiations among Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Charles de Gaulle druing World War II, and discusses how those factors affected Allied policy during the war and after it.

Studies the reign of Louis XIV in France and discusses his political views, the historical forces that influenced his choices, the nature of French monarchy, and other related topics.

Examines the history behind Egypt's push for control of the Suez Canal and the battle waged against Britain, France, and Israel, and includes biographical notes on leaders and a look at the effects of the crisis.

Chronicles the events leading up to the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, focusing on the roles of Otto von Bismarck and Napoleon III in the start of the conflict.

An analysis of the Russian-French alliance of 1894 and what went wrong in Europe at the end of the nineteenth century.