Presents a collection of articles and essays that address important issues of global terrorism including identifying terrorists, where they come from, and the weapons that they use.
Explores the establishment of democracy in the Middle East; discussing the United States' role, promotion of Arab reform, liberalized autocracy, religious issues, the role of women, and the threat of terrorism and religious extremism.
Chronicles the life of twentieth-century British author C. S. Lewis, discussing his Narnia stories, his Christianity, and his relationships with Janie Moore and his wife, Joy.
Traces the history of the Louisiana Territory, from its habitation by Native Americans to its sale to the United States, and covers the natural, political, and ideological character of its borders over time.
An examination of the 1945 Nuremberg Trial of twenty Nazi war criminals with profiles of the defendants and prosecutors, the interrogations, and the sentences.
Twelve essays examine imperialism in U.S. history, discussing the country's rise to global power, its use of that power overseas, and the domestic effects of those actions.
Examines the effects of the border between the United States and Mexico on the two countries and their peoples and discusses the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
Chronicles the life of twentieth-century British author C. S. Lewis, discussing his Narnia stories, his Christianity, and his relationships with Janie Moore and his wife, Joy.
Traces the history of the Mason-Dixon line, discussing how it defined the contours of early America and later symbolized the tensions and fears of the nation.
