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Discusses what led us into Vietnam, how it has changed our culture today and how it may change our culture in the future.

A humorous look at such things as the Reagans, the telephone company, husbands of working wives, teachers' moonlighting and fear of Cabbage Patch dolls.

Presents volume one of a three-volume encyclopedia that describes the events, movements, trends, people, sports, science, music, politics, and more of the 1970s listed in alphabetical order.

An exploration of American life from 1980 through 1989, looking at key people, events, and topics in the arts, business and the economy, education, fashion, government and politics, law, lifestyles and social trends, media, medicine and health, religion, science and technology, and sports.

A selection of one-on-one interviews with forty-two poets,physicists, historians, novelists, doctors, and philosophers, discussing American life and future in an increasingly global culture.

Discusses the origins, philosophy, and most notorious attacks of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad terrorist group, including their present activities, possible plans, and counter-terrorism efforts directed against them.

Surveys Mexico's geography, natural resources, economy, and population, and discusses some of the challenges being faced by Mexico today.

Contains seventy essays in which the authors report on some of the important events, people, and ideas of the 1970s, and includes photographs and a chronology of the years between 1970 and 1979.

Biography of political activist Abbie Hoffman focusing on his political ideas and describing what happened when he put them in action.