Books

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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Landmark Supreme Court cases	Don Lawson	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.	OL15837631W
The secret World War II	Don Lawson	Discusses World War II espionage activities including intelligence personnel, codes and ciphers, and propaganda.	OL15860559W
The Abraham Lincoln Brigade	Don Lawson	Discusses the causes and events of the Spanish Civil War, focusing on the American volunteers of the Abraham Lincoln Battalion, the key battles in which they were involved, and their reasons for join…	OL17813521W
American educator	Don Lawson	A twenty volume encyclopedia of alphabetically arranged, self-indexed articles, designed with particular attention to the needs of elementary and high school students.	OL19043317W
An album of the Vietnam War	Don Lawson	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.	OL4453212W
The changing face of the Constitution	Don Lawson	A history of the American Constitution focusing on certain key Supreme Court decisions that have made changes in the original document.	OL4453215W
The colonial wars, prelude to the American Revolution	Don Lawson	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…	OL4453217W
The eagle and the dragon	Don Lawson	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.	OL4453219W
Geraldine Ferraro	Don Lawson	A biography of the first woman nominated by a major political party to run for vice president.	OL4453226W
The lion and the rock	Don Lawson	The history of Gibraltar and its role in world events from the era of the ancient Greeks to the present day.	OL4453229W
Marcos and the Philippines	Don Lawson	Presents a brief history of the Philippines and discusses the dictatorship of President Marcos and the present political controversy which surrounds it. Offers speculations about the future of this t…	OL4453230W
South Africa	Don Lawson	Traces the history of South Africa and discusses its economy and the development and current state of its policy of apartheid. Also examines United States-South African relations and includes a gloss…	OL4453234W
Ten fighters for peace	Don Lawson	Ten selections expressing the views on peace and war of Leo Tolstoy, Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, Belle and Fola LaFollette, Jeannette Rankin, Donald Benedict, Lawrence M. Warner, Tom F. Driver, Joan…	OL4453235W
The United States in the Civil War	Don Lawson	Follows the events of the Civil War from the first shots at Fort Sumter to the signing of the surrender at the Appomattox Court House.	OL4453236W
FDR's New Deal	Don Lawson	Discusses the administration, legislation, and personalities of Roosevelt's New Deal, a sweeping program which attempted to bring the United States out of a severe economic depression.	OL4453250W
The Long March	Don Lawson	An account of the Communist victory in China, the rise to power of Mao Zedong, and the Long March undertaken by the Red Army in 1934.	OL4453253W
The new Philippines	Don Lawson	Presents the politics, economics, and modern history of the Philippines, with emphasis on the period from the ascension of Ferdinand Marcos to the installment of Corazon Aquino as new president.	OL4453254W
The picture life of Ronald Reagan	Don Lawson	A brief biography of the fortieth President from his childhood through his years as a movie actor to his first term of office in the White House.	OL4453255W
Libya and Qaddafi	Don Lawson	Discusses the history of Libya and the background of current issues in its relations with the United States and other countries, as well as the role played by the strongman Qaddafi.	OL4453257W