Describes American entry into the Vietnam War and the events of the war, describing the perceived Communist threat, the purported attack on American warships in the Gulf of Tonkin, the failed progress
Examines the reasons for the rise of the Nazis, covering such factors as the harsh treatment of Germany by the victors of World War I, the unstable German economy, and the oratory and political ambiti
In 1895, an insurrection in Cuba drew interest from many segments of American society. As the destruction on the island increased, Congress and the media focused popular attention on America's lost pr
In 1895, an insurrection in Cuba drew interest from many segments of American society. As the destruction on the island increased, Congress and the media focused popular attention on America's lost pr
Among its many accolades, Washington's Crossing won the Pulitzer Prize for History, was a finalist for the National Book Award, was a New York Times Bestseller, and was a New York Times Top Ten Book f
In his presidential inaugural address of January 1965, Lyndon B. Johnson offered an uplifting vision for America, one that would end poverty and racial injustice. Elected in a landslide over the conse
In late May 1927 an inexperienced and unassuming 25-year-old Air Mail pilot from rural Minnesota stunned the world by making the first non-stop transatlantic flight. A spectacular feat of individual
1968 was a year of turmoil. Economic anxiety was on the rise; racial conflicts were increasingly aggressive as the Black Power movement gained visibility; LBJ's massive bombing campaign had escalated
In the dramatic few years when colonial Americans were galvanized to resist British rule, perhaps nothing did more to foment anti-British sentiment than the armed occupation of Boston. As If an Enemy
In January 1959, as Fidel Castro entered Havana in triumph, Americans hailed the revolutionary as a hero. Then came Castro's increasingly anti-American talk, the rise in his regime of the openly Marx
The question was: would he hang? In 1963, when South Africa's apartheid government charged Nelson Mandela with planning its overthrow, most observers feared that he would be sentenced to death. But th
This book places the 1916 San Francisco Preparedness Day Bombing within the broader context of American radicalism and isolationism during the Progressive Era. A concise narrative and key primary docu
On rare occasions in American history, Congress enacts a measure so astute, so far-reaching, so revolutionary, it enters the language as a metaphor. The Marshall Plan comes to mind, as does the Civil
Today we hold the Constitution in such high regard that we can hardly imagine how hotly contested was its adoption. In fact, many of the thirteen states saw fierce debate over the document, and ratif
