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Dateline
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Paul Fleischman |
A retelling of the story of the Trojan War illustrated with collages featuring newspaper clippings of modern events from World War I through the Persian Gulf war. |
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Human Rights (World Issues)
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Fiona MacDonald |
Definition of human rights - How can human rights be achieved? - What causes the failure of governments to provide human rights - Efforts of United Nations - Action against those who abuse human righ… |
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Countdown to catastrophe
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Deborah Grahame-Smith |
"Covers the aftermath of World War I and events in Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and the U.S. from 1919 to 1939 which lead to the outbreak of World War II"--Provided by publisher. |
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Why did the Cold War happen?
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Harrison, Paul |
Includes firsthand speeches, letters, diary entries, and other primary source materials that give the reasons these unforgettable events unfolded as they did, this book describes what caused the Cold… |
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The Cold War
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Elizabeth Sirimarco |
Presents the history of the Cold War through excerpts from letters, newspaper articles, speeches, and songs dating from the period. Includes review questions. |
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Governments of the World
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Richard M. Pious |
Includes over 500 articles with information on the politics and government of every country in the world, on political systems, movements, and leaders, and on human rights, wars, international organ… |
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The bomb
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Sidney Lens |
Details the race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union for superiority in atomic weaponry since the inception of the Manhattan Project in 1939, and analyzes the danger of unleashing phenomenally dest… |
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The Great Depression
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R. G. Grant |
Discusses the economic chaos that followed the 1929 stock market crash, including accounts of the Roosevelt Administration's social programs and the social disorder in Europe that fueled the rise of … |
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The Cold War
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Josepha Sherman |
Chronicles the Cold War, from its origins in the Soviet Revolution as the twentieth century began to the collapse of the Soviet Union as the century closed. |
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