Rodney P. Carlisle

Presents a narrative of the Middle Eastern conflict and descriptions of events such as the capture of Saddam Hussein by U.S. forces and the continuing unrest in the region.

Portrays the American Civil War and its aftermath through such primary sources as memoirs, diaries, letters, contemporary journalism, and official documents.

Examines the history, events and people in the years after the Revolutionary War up to the Civil War, gathered by historians, scientists, archaeologists, and other scholars.

Examines the history of people, places, and events in the years often referred to as the "Roaring twenties."

Examines the history of people, places, and events that defined the American colonial and revolutionary era.

Examines the history, events and people that defined the American Civil War and the years of reconstruction proceeding the war.

"Two major historical events dominated the period from 1929 to 1949: the Great Depression and World War II. When the stock market crashed in October of 1929, economic hardship struck many Americans. Over the next 10 years the economy fell into a deep depression, alleviated only by vast government expenditures on wartime materials manufacturing when the United States entered World War II in 1941. America's social and cultural life underwent profound...