Describes the current situation in Libya and its impact on the United States, focusing on the leadership of Qaddafi-- his politics, beliefs, role in world affairs, terrorist activities, and interest in Arab unity.
Discusses the adminstration, legislation, and personalities of Roosevelt's New Deal, a sweeping program which attempted to bring the United States out of a severe economic depression.
Traces the history of the relationship between the United States and China from the China trade in the eighteenth century to the reopening of official relations in the early 1970's.
Discusses nine landmark Supreme Court cases, addressing such issues as desegregation of schools and the Miranda case, and considers the future of the Supreme Court.
Dramatic black-and-white photographs and a brief, concise narrative focus on the home fronts in Germany, Great Britain, France, Russia, the United States, and Japan during World War II.
Details the incidents provoking the American colonists' revolt against the British and the revolt itself which resulted in the forming of an independent nation.
Discusses four major colonial wars in North America and the way their outcomes contributed to the causes of the Revolutionary War. Included are King William's War, Queen Anne's War, King George's War, and the French and Indian War.
An illustrated history, with emphasis on American involvement, of the war in Vietnam from Ho Chi Minh's declaration of independence to the withdrawal of United States troops.