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Education, poverty, and inequality /
Table of Contents: “…A world of deprivation -- Decolonization and newly independent nations -- The Cold War and social welfare -- Global North vs. Global South -- Today's globalizing world.…”
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Russian hacking in American elections /
Table of Contents: “…Election day 2016 -- A Cold War legacy -- Hacking an election -- A tangled web -- Trolling on Facebook -- The interference -- More than just politics -- The Mueller investigation.…”
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Apollo 13 /
Table of Contents: “…"Houston, we've had a problem" -- Cold War -- Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo -- Tragedy and triumph -- Apollo 13 -- "You've got to believe" -- Successful failure -- Mistakes and consequences -- The greatness of Apollo -- Timeline -- Fast facts.…”
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CIA & FBI /
Table of Contents: “…Making the nation safe -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation -- The lawless years -- New threats -- The bombers -- The events of 9/11 -- The Central Intelligence Agency -- First steps to a new service --The Cold War and after-- Collective intelligence.…”
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Korean conflict /
Table of Contents: “…Introduction: the Cold War turns hot -- Map of Korea, 1950 -- Timeline -- Superpower stand off in Asia -- Retreat and counterattack -- Reversal and stalemate -- Tension and frustration at home -- Truce talks begin -- Still waiting to reunite.…”
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The modern world : the last hundred years /
Table of Contents: “…The last hundred years -- New century -- The Great War -- The Roaring Twenties -- Depression years -- World War 2 -- Cold War -- Space age -- Changing world -- The end of the Iron Curtain -- Millenium's end -- Who's who -- Well I never.…”
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Cause & effect: The fall of the Soviet Union /
Table of Contents: “…-- What role did the Cold War weapons build-up play in the Soviet collapse? …”
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The story of civilization. from the Reformation to the twenty-first century /
Table of Contents: “…Chapter 29: The Second World WarChapter 30: The Third Reich Collapses; Chapter 31: The Cold War; Chapter 32: Changes in the Modern World; Chapter 33: The Second Vatican Council; Chapter 34: The End of the Cold War; Chapter 35: An Uncertain Future; Index; About the Author.…”
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The race to space /
Table of Contents: “…Look up and dream -- Superpowers collide -- Rocket men -- The Cold War hots up -- Sputnik soars into space -- Kaputnik! …”
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People that changed the course of history : the story of John F. Kennedy 100 years after his birth /
Table of Contents: “…How Television Changed EverythingThe Famous Speech; Chapter 5; The 35th President of the United States; The Kennedy White House; Foreign Policy and the Cold War; JFK's Successes on the Home Front; A Life Cut Short; Chapter 6; Kennedy's Legacy; Civil Rights; NASA; The Eternal Flame; Conclusion; Timeline; Glossary; References; About the Author.…”
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Reporting under fire : 16 daring women war correspondents and photojournalists /
Table of Contents: “…Martha Gellhorn, Reporting from Madrid, Chungking, and NormandyMargaret Bourke-White, Reporting from Moscow, Tunis, and Buchenwald; 4: A Cold War, 1945-1989; Marguerite Higgins, Reporting from Dachau and Seoul; 5: Ancient Peoples, Modern Wars, 1955-1985; Gloria Emerson, Reporting from Paris and Saigon; Georgie Anne Geyer, Reporting from Havana, Guatemala City, Tbilisi, and Baghdad; 6: A Challenge That Never Ends, 1990-Present; Janine di Giovanni, Reporting from Sarajevo and Kosovo; Robin Wright, Reporting from Ann Arbor, Angola, Beirut, and Cairo.…”
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