On December 7, 1941, six Japanese aircraft carriers launched a surprise attack on the Pearl Harbor U.S. naval base in Oahu, Hawaii. More than 2,300 U.S. troops were killed in the attack, and around 1,
Despite a growing interest in renewable energy sources, most of the energy used in the United States still comes from fossil fuels. At the same time, many Americans would like to decrease the countrys
The relationship between human progress and its effect on the natural environment has long been a contentious issue. This book details the history of the environmental movement in the United States, f
British explorers first arrived in North America in 1584. By 1607, the country had established its first permanent settlements on the continent. This title charts the growth of Great Britains North Am
During the 1960s and 1970s, the United States was involved in a long, bloody struggle to determine the future of Vietnam, a small nation in Southeast Asia. Back home, the war became one of the most co
In the late 1970s, Steve Jobs and his partner, Steve Wozniak, founded a company called Apple Computer. Over the course of the next several decades, Jobs continually pushed consumer technology forward
The United States and Mexico are separated not just by a 1,950-mile border, but also by vast economic and cultural differences. Despite these differences, the two countries are tied closely together.
As tensions over taxation and a lack of government representation spread throughout Great Britains North American colonies, violent protests started to become common. On the evening of March 5, 1770,
The Supreme Court is one of the most influential bodies of the U.S government. It has steered the nations course on some of historys most important issues, including civil rights and the level of powe
Examines the different forms of government around the world, including the democracy in the United States, the theocracy in Iran, and the dictatorship in North Korea.
Examines the controversial battle over gun control, looking at the role of guns in early America, the assassinations of the 1960s, and the current rash of shootings in schools.
In the summer of 1929, the United States entered a recession, as it had many times before. However, this would be no ordinary economic downturn. Over the next several years, the economies of many othe
As the United States continued to grow in the early nineteenth century, its people began to covet the land of their native neighbors. This greed led to a horrific forced relocation that we now call th
