influence

Explores Thomas Jefferson's views of the French Revolution and how these views continue to shape the United States.

Traces the split in the politics of the mainland and island colonies after the Stamp Act Crisis of 1765-66, when the colonists on the islands chose not to emulate the resistance of the patriots on the mainland.

Explores the nature of the white settlers of the Western frontier borderlands during the Revolutionary War era, arguing that the battles waged between whites and Native Americans played a key role in the quest for independence, but also set the stage for an ongoing tradition of racial intolerance in the U.S.

Explores the material, political, intellectual, and spiritual impact of the enormous loss of life resulting from the Civil War in America, and looks at how military personnel and civilians dealt with the carnage on both practical and spiritual levels.

Offers a detailed analysis of the Civil War siege at Vicksburg in the summer of 1863, and explores how the battle influenced the legacies of race and slavery that played out over the decades that followed.

Historical and modern photographs depict how former Civil War battlegrounds have changed throughout history.

Traces the events surrounding the battle took place at the Alamo on March 6, 1836.

Examines the political, economic, and social factors that influenced the United States' war with pirates from the Barbary States of North Africa, and explores how those battles influenced the country's military operations and foreign policy.

After stumbling into a bear trap surrounding a large marijuana grove on his neighbor's property, Travis Shelton finds himself drawn into a world of subtle evils and danger as he struggles to free himself from his neighbor's influence and protect his close friends from a painful conflict.