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  • At Issue in History - United States Entry into World War I

    Donald J. Murphy

    Hardcover (Greenhaven Press, Feb. 20, 2004)
    The United States decision to enter the First World War in April, 1917 marked a step on its path to global power. This book examines how and why Woodrow Wilson's Administration, amid bitter debates between advocates and foes of war, abandoned an initial neutrality in 1914 for military intervention by 1917.

  • The Discovery of the AIDS Virus

    Lisa Yount

    Paperback (Greenhaven Press, Dec. 6, 2002)
    Focuses on controversial topics surrounding the discovery of the AIDS virus in the early 1980s, including what causes the disease, how it is spread, and who was responsible for identifying the virus.

  • At Issue in History - The McCarthy Hearings

    Jesse G. Cunningham

    Library Binding (Greenhaven Press, Oct. 7, 2002)
    In 1950, Joseph McCarthy, a Republican senator from Wisconsin, announced that communists were working in the State Department. This anthology focuses on the hearings that resulted from McCarthy's famous efforts to expose communists in government positions and his use of dubious tactics such as smearing and guilt by association.

  • At Issue in History - Discovery of the AIDS Virus

    Lisa Yount

    Library Binding (Greenhaven Press, Dec. 6, 2002)
    When AIDS was first reported in 1981, scientists disagreed about what caused the disease and how it was spread. Controversies continued when two different research groups claimed credit for identifying the virus called HIV as the cause of AIDS in 1984. These and related debates shook the scientific world and affected the development of AIDS research and prevention.

  • Vietnam War Crimes

    Samuel Brenner

    Paperback (Greenhaven Press, Sept. 9, 2005)
    Few events in recent American history are as controversial as the United States' intervention in Vietnam, and one aspect of that intervention often debated revolves around war crimes committed by or against American soldiers. This volume addresses these debates, the My Lai Massacre, and Vietnamese war crimes and atrocities.

  • The Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Robert Mayer

    Hardcover (Greenhaven Press, Jan. 2, 2004)
    Presents a selection of primary and secondary source articles featuring diverse opinions about the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

  • At Issue in History - The McCarthy Hearings

    Jesse G. Cunningham

    Paperback (Greenhaven Press, Oct. 7, 2002)
    In 1950, Joseph McCarthy, a Republican senator from Wisconsin, announced that communists were working in the State Department. This anthology focuses on the hearings that resulted from McCarthy's famous efforts to expose communists in government positions and his use of dubious tactics such as smearing and guilt by association.

  • Rwanda Genocide

    Christina Fisanick

    Paperback (Greenhaven Press, March 12, 2004)
    Presents a collection of primary and secondary source materials discussing genocide in Rwanda.

  • At Issue in History - The Founding of the State of Israel

    Mitchell Bard

    Hardcover (Greenhaven Press, March 28, 2003)
    Zionists began calling for a national Jewish home in Palestine in the nineteenth century, but the birth of Israel did not take place until 1948. This anthology presents the debates between Arab inhabitants and Jewish settlers--both of whom claim historic rights to the territory that is now Israel.

  • At Issue in History - Tiananmen Square Massacre

    Lisa Yount

    Library Binding (Greenhaven Press, Aug. 22, 2002)
    The Tiananmen Square massacre in China shocked the world. In the days, months and years following the bloody confrontation between the Chinese Communist Party and the students and citizens of the country, scholars, journalists and ordinary people have struggled to mine the meaning of the event. This volume explores what may have lead to the massacre, what actually happened in the Square and surrounding areas, and what the world has learned more than a decade since the event.

  • At Issue in History - The Treaty of Versailles

    Jeff Hay

    Hardcover (Greenhaven Press, Oct. 30, 2001)
    The Treaty of Versailles officially ended World War I, at the time the most devastating war in history. The expectations of those who negotiated the treaty, the responses to the treaty by those who were close observers or participants in the negotiations, and more recent assessments of the treaty are included in this fascinating anthology.

  • The Waco Standoff

    Nick Treanor

    Paperback (Greenhaven, May 8, 2003)
    Explores a selection of primary and secondary source articles offering various points of view on the Waco standoff on April 19, 1993.