Social issues: war & conflict issues (Children's&YA) books

The United States entered World War II after a surprise attack by the Japanese on December 7, 1941. U.S. officials...  Read More >>

President Franklin D. Roosevelt called December 7, 1941, ""a date which will live in infamy."" Early that morning...  Read More >>

Hoping to finally end World War II, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945....  Read More >>

During the Revolutionary War patriots fought using muskets and other weapons. Read this book to learn about the...  Read More >>

""The Soviet Night Witches flew over 30,000 missions in planes made of almost nothing more than plywood and canvas....  Read More >>

""Explore the history of World War II from causes and effects to what made this period of history so deadly""--Publisher...  Read More >>

""Explore the history of World War I from causes and effects to what made this period of history so deadly""--Publisher...  Read More >>

Countries from all over the globe fought in World War II. Check out this book to find out more about the weapons...  Read More >>

Members of the U.S. Army make up the biggest branch of the U.S. Armed Forces. Infantry soldiers, engineers, pilots,...  Read More >>

The men and women of the United States Air Force are always hard at work protecting their country. Pilots, mechanics,...  Read More >>

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The looming threat of Communist expansion led the United States and eleven Western nations to establish the North...  Read More >>

In the late 1950s, space became the new source of conflict for the United States and the Soviet Union. The world...  Read More >>

The Cold War was a time of ultimate technological, military, and political competition between the United States...  Read More >>

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When the Soviet Union disintegrated into independent countries, the West hailed the collapse as a victory for democracy....  Read More >>

The Korean War saw a huge shift in the way that American soldiers fought. During the war, troops became wholly desegregated...  Read More >>

The heroism of minority soldiers during World War II is widely known: the Tuskegee Airmen are some of the most celebrated...  Read More >>

During WWI, American minority soldiers fought in segregated units under white American officers. Some of these units...  Read More >>

The time period surrounding the Civil War was fraught with racism, the horrific conditions of slavery, and violence...  Read More >>

Although African Americans and Native Americans faced racism, unequal treatment, and even slavery in the colonial...  Read More >>

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The Vietnam War was the first war that was fought from the outset by completely desegregated American troops. However,...  Read More >>

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