United States category: 34172 books
Cauldron of Resistance
Ngo Dinh Diem, the United States, and 1950s Southern Vietnam
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2013
In 1955, Ngo Dinh Diem organized an election to depose chief-of-state Bao Dai, after which he proclaimed himself the first president of the newly created Republic of Vietnam. The United States sanctioned the results of this election, which was widely condemned as fraudulent, and provided substantial...
by John Bach McMaster
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2011
It is not too much to assert that most of our countrymen acquire at school all the knowledge they possess of the past history of their country. In view of this fact it is most desirable that a history of the United States for elementary schools should present not only the essential features of our country's...
Wars Within War
Mexican Guerrillas, Domestic Elites, and the United States of America, 1846–1848
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
Traditional characterizations of the 1846–1848 war between the United States and Mexico emphasize the conventional battles waged between two sovereign nations. However, two little-known guerrilla wars taking place at the same time proved critical to the outcome of the conflict. Using information...
by Steven Biel
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1995
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1995
A new intellectual community came together in the United States in the 1910s and 1920s, a community outside the universities, the professions and, in general, the established centers of intellectual life. A generation of young intellectuals was increasingly challenging both the genteel tradition and...
Architects of Power
Roosevelt, Eisenhower, and the American Century
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2010
The United States is not a preternaturally inward-looking nation, and isolation is not the natural disposition of Americans. The real question is not whether Americans are prone to isolation or engagement, but how their engagement with the world has evolved, how events have made the United States...
History of the United States of America, Volume 3 (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
From the Discovery of the Continent
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2011
Volume three of George Bancroft’s pioneering History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent celebrates the American people and the republic in general. It covers, among other events, the fortunes of the Stuarts, the power of parliament, fights over American territory, and the Congress of Aix La Chapelle.
Justice and Legal Change on the Shores of Lake Erie
A History of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2012
Justice and Legal Change on the Shores of Lake Erie explores the many ways that the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio has affected the region, the nation, the development of American law, and American politics.
The essays in this book, written by eminent law professors,...
God Bless America
A Captivating Account of the Role of Religion in Founding the United States
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2007
"Carefully reviewing events from 1500 AD to 1830 AD, Coddington and Chapman provide a persuasive list of examples of how they believe God favorably intervened in the establishment of the United States. Regardless of whether you agree or disagree with their arguments, you will be amazed at the...
by Rodney Stich
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2014
Terrorism Against America: External & Internal Terrorists, by Captain Rodney Stich This book details the various forms of terrorist attacks upon the United States during the past 50 years by people outside the United States and by people inside America, inside government, and the shills that have...
by Doug Gelbert
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
There is no better way to see America than on foot. And there is no better way to appreciate what you are looking at than with a walking tour. Whether you are preparing for a road trip or just out to look at your own town in a new way, a downloadable walking tour from is ready to explore when you...
by Michael Gorman
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2016
Essay from the year 2013 in the subject History - America, grade: 93.0, Westminster College, course: U.S. as a World Power, language: English, abstract: This text discusses the Philippine - American War from 1899-1902 from its beginning to its direct outcome and repercussions. Coming into the twentieth-century,...
by Alexis Dudden
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2008
Whether it's the Vatican addressing its role in the Second World War or the United States atoning for its treatment of native Hawai'ian islanders, apologizing for history has become a standard feature of the international political scene. As Alexis Dudden makes clear, interrogating this process is...
Americans All
Good Neighbor Cultural Diplomacy in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Cultural diplomacy—"winning hearts and minds" through positive portrayals of the American way of life—is a key element in U.S. foreign policy, although it often takes a backseat to displays of military might. Americans All provides an in-depth, fine-grained study of a particularly successful instance...
By More Than Providence
Grand Strategy and American Power in the Asia Pacific Since 1783
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
Soon after the American Revolution, ?certain of the founders began to recognize the strategic significance of Asia and the Pacific and the vast material and cultural resources at stake there. Over the coming generations, the United States continued to ask how best to expand trade with the region and...