Provides an overview of the careers of the great military leaders and the critical political leaders of the American Civil War. Entries consider the...
This fascinating multi-volume set illuminates the panorama of American history through the personal and professional stories of the nation's...
The populist radical right is one of the most studied political phenomena in the social sciences, counting hundreds of books and thousands of articles...
Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt are widely considered the two greatest presidents of the past two centuries. How did these two very...
Ronald Reagan’s victory in the 1980 presidential election marked a watershed moment in the history of the United States, heralding the triumph of the...
Few politicians in recent American history are as well-known as Ronald Reagan, the 40th U.S. president. An iconic leader, Reagan shifted the direction...
Politicians are reviled. From jokes on late-night TV talk shows to radio show rants and from public opinion polls to ubiquitous conventional...
The 12 years of Lee Teng-hui's presidency were marked by a series of contrary trends such as progress in the consolidation of Taiwan's democracy, and...
No event shaped the twentieth century more than World War II, and no leader shaped the conduct of the war and the formation of the modern world more...
Weems helped to fabricate the image of Washington that has since dominated the American historical imagination and which in its time, secured...