On September 21, 2011, the controversial execution of Georgia inmate Troy Davis, who spent twenty years on death row for a crime he most likely did not commit, revealed the complexity of death penalty
Intertwines the lives of a Holocaust concentration-camp survivor and a Polish Resistance fighter, whose paths finally crossed in 1975 in Lawrence, Kansas, after each had made a new life for himself in
In keeping with the other titles in Robert J. McMahon s Issues in the History of American Foreign Relations series, Jussi M. Hanhimaki offers students and scholars a survey of the evolution of America
Born in Hong Kong and raised in Hawaii and Australia, Kan (national security, US Army War College, Pennsylvania) worked/volunteered in orphanages in Tijuana and Tecate and in bilingual high school cla
Diamond-encrusted, alligator-skin handbags. Eighteen-course feasts. Yachts the length of city blocks. In the twenty-first century, many point to such conspicuous consumption as reflecting the moral fa
In light of current events related to the North American Free Trade Agreement, the drug war along the border, and immigration issues, Beldon Butterfield’s insightful and informative history of the com
Air Commanders combines short military biographies and operational analyses to reveal how the personalities, attitudes, and life experiences of twelve outstanding U.S. airmen shaped the central air ca
Grayston Lynch presents an exceptional portrayal of actual events that led to the betrayal of extraordinary, patriotic, and courageous men. Lynch's unmasking of "Kennedy's Camelot" r
Mixed martial arts hasn’t been dubbed the world’s fastest growing sport for nothing. It’s noticeably rocked the sporting world since the creation of the Ultimate Fighting Championship nearly two decad
When Peter J. Vernezze took a sabbatical from his position as a philosophy professor to serve as a Peace Corps volunteer in China, he supplemented his main task---teaching English at Sichuan Normal Un
How do Arabs view America? How do Arabs learn about America? The answers to these questions have assumed tremendous importance since 9/11,because therein lies the key to influencing Arab opinion of th
The Revolutionary Years, 1775-1789 reveals how the nation's leaders asserted power during the fourteen crucial years from the Revolution's first shots at Lexington in April 1775 to the adoption of the
Hull, former US ambassador to Yemen, was in the Pentagon during the September 11th attacks. He describes his interactions with US agencies, embassy staff, and Yemini officials during the three years a
The history of hockey is filled with the bizarre, the unexpected, and the hard to believe.Hockey's Most Wanted? chronicles 700 of the most outrageous players, coaches, and owners in hockey history. In
Powers, a U-2 pilot shot down over the Soviet Union in 1960, chronicles the early years of the CIA spy plane program, the training of pilots, and his experiences as a Soviet prisoner. Originally publ
"The guerrilla fights the war of the flea, and his military enemy suffers the dog's disadvantages: too much to defend; too small, ubiquitous and agile an enemy to come to grips with." With these word
NASCAR’s Winston Cup Series has become one of America’s fastest-growing spectator sports, with nationwide television coverage, custom-built race cars, and superstar drivers. Yet the sport’s roots are
During the last five decades, U.S. cultural diplomacy programs have withered because of politics and accidents of history that have subordinated cultural diplomacy to public relations campaigning, now
