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The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the US ever came to nuclear conflict during the Cold War. This work provides a compelling narrative and ready-reference to those events. Features include a blow-by-blow chronology of the crisis and detailed biographies of the key players.

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Fidel Castro's triumphant march into Havana on January 8, 1959 signaled the end to Cuba's old order and the beginning of a new era. This one-stop guide to the Cuban revolution analyzes Castro's drive to oust Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista.

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An examination of the rise of Japan as an economic power after its defeat in World War II. Six topical essays are supported by a timelines of events in postwar Japan, biographical profiles of key players, the text of primary documents, a glossary of terms and a bibliography.

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This guide to the forces that shaped the 1960s cultural revolution in the USA examines the New Left, the antiwar movement and the counterculture. A narrative historical overview puts these topics in perspective and the legacy of the era is discussed. Biographies of key players add insight.

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The Bolshevik Revolution remains one of the most important events of modern history.

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An analysis of the process and events of the Chinese Revolution from the start of the 20th century to 1998. It contains seven essays, biographical sketches of the 17 most important leaders of 20th-century Chinese history, nine primary documents, and a timeline of significant events.

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A one-stop history, analysis, and resource on the Cold War designed to meet the needs of high school and college students. The text features narrative history, analysis, biographical profiles, key primary documents, and other reference tools on the Cold War.

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A one-stop source of information, analysis, biographical profiles, and key primary documents on the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union.

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Examination and resource on apartheid and its demise in South Africa.

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This resource, by a professor of ecology and environmental science, features the latest information on the global environmental crisis in the 20th century.

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This essential guide to the Great Depression and the New Deal provides a wealth of information, analysis, biographical profiles, primary documents and current resources that will help students to understand this pivotal era in American history.

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A one-stop source for in-depth history, analysis, and ready-reference material on the Holocaust.

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An analysis and guide to the Korean conflict.

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This book provides a reference guide to the Persian Gulf crisis as well as seven essays analyzing a variety of aspects of the war and its consequences.

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A one-stop source for in-depth history, analysis, and ready reference material on the rise of fascism in Europe.

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This book-length examination of the revolution and unification, is an informative narrative written for high school and college students and the general public.

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This analysis of the causes, events, and legacy of the war in Vietnam, along with lengthy biographical sketches, text of key primary documents, chronology, and glossary, is designed for high school and college student research into a war that remains a part of American life.

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An account of the Watergate crisis and its impact on America.

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An absorbing introduction to the women's liberation movement of the 1960s and 1970s with a wealth of ready-reference and primary source materials.

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Designed for secondary school and college student research, this book is a readable analysis and ready-reference guide to the war. An introductory essay presents a lucid overview of the main features of the conflict, incorporating the most recent scholarship. A concluding essay assesses the consequences of the war from a contemporary perspective.

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This analysis and ready-reference guide is designed to help students and interested readers to understand the causes, interrelated events, and implications of the war, and to provide material for student research.