United States History Titles
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by Ulysses S. Grant
Introduction by David Hardin
United States History, Military History, American History, U.S. HistoryUlysses S. Grant takes the reader onto the battlefield and behind the lines in his account of the final actions of the Civil War.
by Kenneth O'Reilly
United States History, Political ScienceThe contested election of 2000 that brought George W. Bush to the White House was filled with a strange sort of drama. But, as historian Kenneth O’Reilly shows in this fresh recounting, it was even stranger than we know.
by William L. O'Neill
United States History, American History, U.S. HistoryAs William O’Neill makes us realize, the 1960s was a time like no other America has ever known. In this appraisal of its “new” culture, he conveys all that was inspired, phony, large-spirited, dreary, mad, magnificent, screwed-up, delightful, and confused about the period.
The Story of a Sexual Obsession
by Michael O'Brien
United States History, American History, U.S. HistoryLargely under the radar during Kennedy’s White House years was the president’s womanizing. O’Brien details Kennedy’s near-pathological approach to women and sex, then beyond the farthest reaches of the media’s imagination. Here is an astonishing piece of presidential history.
The FBI, the NSA, and the Struggle Between National Security and Civil Liberties in the Wake of 9/11
by Athan G. Theoharis
United States History, American History, U.S. History, U.S. GovernmentAthan Theoharis considers the record of the past to assess today’s broadened powers for the FBI and the NSA after 9/11. He concludes that Americans may feel marginally safer, but at a dangerous cost to their freedoms and to the tenor of our political dialogue.
Hank Greenberg Confronts Anti-Semitism in Baseball
by Ray Robinson
United States History, U.S. History, Sports HistoryWhen Hank Greenberg challenged Babe Ruth’s home run record he became a hero to American Jews. On the 100th anniversary of his birth, Ray Robinson remembers the man, the player, and the prejudice he overcame.
A Dean's Sobering Perspective
by Richard B. Schwartz
United States History, EducationA former dean looks at American higher education and finds the value of a college education now highly problematic. With an insider's knowledge, he describes the hidden costs behind exploding tuition costs that are creating a two-tiered society.
How Medical Activism Has Inflated the Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer and Depression
by Stewart Justman
United States History, U.S. History, Medical HistoryHow the quest for early detection of prostate cancer and depression has led to mass screenings, which in turn have revealed an incidence of disease that is beyond common sense and cautious medical practice. The entire process has led to patients who have been not helped but damaged.