foreign relations

Discusses the key military and nonmilitary figures, battles, and events of the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.

Explores the history of the Central Asian states, from the breakup of the Soviet Union to the early twenty-first century.

Explores the history of the Baltic states, from the breakup of the Soviet Union to the early twenty-first century.

Presents primary source documents and explanatory text that covers the rise of America, as a world power, from 1920 until 1945.

Presents primary source documents and explanatory text that covers the growth and development of America from 1945 until today.

Recounts the road trip across America by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and President Eisenhower in the fall of 1959 at the height of the Cold War.

Presents a portrait of former President Jimmy Carter as he travels the nation on a publicity tour promoting his book, and features candid conversation with Carter on his foreign policies regarding the Middle East.

Examines a time that saw the United States gain its superpower status and engage in a decades-long cold war with the Communist powers of the world.

"Four decades after Ronald Reagan's landslide win in 1980, Jimmy Carter's one-term presidency is often labeled a failure; indeed, many Americans view Carter as the only ex-president to have used the White House as a stepping-stone to greater achievements. But in retrospect the Carter political odyssey is a rich and human story, marked by both formidable accomplishments and painful political adversity. In this deeply researched, brilliantly written account, Kai Bird expertly unfolds the Carter saga as a tragic tipping point in American history. As president, Carter was not merely an outsider, but an outlier. He was the only president in a century to grow up in the heart of the Deep South, and his born-again Christianity made him the most openly religious president in memory"--Provided by publisher.