United States category: 34172 books
Islands of Resistance
Puerto Rico, Vieques, and U.S. Policy
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
While 1998 marked the 100th anniversary of the United States' invasion and takeover of Puerto Rico, it wasn't until 1999 that the island's political movements reappeared on the radar screen of the American people. That year, two major developments occurred that transformed the relationship between...
The Life of George Washington
Special Edition for Schools
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2000
Used throughout the first half of the nineteenth century in schools and colleges, John Marshall’s own abridgment of his monumental five-volume biography of George Washington is now available in a Liberty Fund edition that once again brings the spirit of George Washington alive in America’s classrooms.
Within...
A War of Frontier and Empire
The Philippine-American War, 1899-1902
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2008
It has been termed an insurgency, a revolution, a guerrilla war, and a conventional war. As David J. Silbey demonstrates in this taut, compelling history, the 1899 Philippine-American War was in fact all of these. Played out over three distinct conflicts—one fought between the Spanish and the allied...
No Haven for the Oppressed
United States Policy Toward Jewish Refugees, 1938-1945
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
No Haven for the Oppressed is the most thorough and the most comprehensive analysis to be written to date on the United States policy toward Jewish refugees during World War II. Friedman draws upon many sources for his history, significantly upon papers which have only recently been opened to public...
The Moro War
How America Battled a Muslim Insurgency in the Philippine Jungle, 1902-1913
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2011
As the global war on terror enters its second decade, the United States military is engaged with militant Islamic insurgents on multiple fronts. But the post-9/11 war against terrorists is not the first time the United States has battled such ferocious foes. The forgotten Moro War, lasting from 1902...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2009
A former Sunday school teacher and Hollywood actor, Ronald Reagan was an unlikely candidate for president. His charisma, conviction, and leadership earned him the governorship of California, from which he launched his successful bid to become the fortieth president of the United States in 1980. Reagan's...
The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America
Images of Thomas Jefferson's hand-drafted copy of The Declaration of Independence have been added.
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2018
Drafted by Thomas Jefferson between June 11 and June 28, 1776, the Declaration of Independence summarizes America's founding political philosophy. At once a cherished symbol of liberty and an expression of Jefferson's monumental talents as a writer, the document captures in unforgettable phrases the...
by Thomas Jefferson
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2012
A digitized copy of the actual signed copy where the local peoples of the early America's banded together to overthrow their oppressors.
by Thomas Jefferson
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2012
When George Washington became the new United States of Americas first president, he set several precedents, including one on April 30, 1789. That day, Washington was inaugurated as president, and for the occasion he gave the nations first presidential inaugural address, used to inform the people of his...
National Insecurity
The Cost of American Militarism
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
"Mel Goodman has spent the last few decades telling us what's gone wrong with American intelligence and the American military, and now, in National Insecurity, he tells us what we must do to change the way the system works, and how to fix it. Goodman is not only telling us how to save wasted...
The Indispensable Zinn
The Essential Writings of the "People's Historian"
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2012
A “well-chosen anthology of the radical historian’s prodigious output,” from A People’s History of the United States and lesser known sources (Kirkus Reviews).
When Howard Zinn died in early 2010, millions of Americans mourned the loss of one of the nation’s foremost intellectual...
Trotskyism in the United States
Historical Essays and Reconsiderations
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
This volume provides the best single introduction to date on the history of U.S. Trotskyism, providing both a clear narrative of that history along with in-depth explorations and analyses of its various facets.
The fact that the book offers highly informed yet different perspectives from three...
Empowering Revolution
America, Poland, and the End of the Cold War
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2014
*As the most populous country in Eastern Europe as well as the birthplace of the largest anticommunist dissident movement, Poland is crucial in understanding the end of the Cold War. During the 1980s, both the United States and the Soviet Union vied for influence over Poland's politically tumultuous...
After They Closed the Gates
Jewish Illegal Immigration to the United States, 1921-1965
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2014
In 1921 and 1924, the United States passed laws to sharply reduce the influx of immigrants into the country. By allocating only small quotas to the nations of southern and eastern Europe, and banning almost all immigration from Asia, the new laws were supposed to stem the tide of foreigners considered...