Gabor S. Boritt, Director of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College, brings together five Civil War historians to reveal how battlefield decisions shaped the very forces -- social, economic, and political -- that many scholars claim determined the outcome of the war. James McPherson argues that the Civil War was won by the Union army through key victories at key moments. Archer Jones exa…
Imperial Japan, in WWII, had become a shogunate dominated by the ancient samurai code of honor--that it is better to die than surrender. Vice Admiral Ugaki's fanatical suicide squad known as the "Divine Wind" would stave off defeat by giving even their lives. We also read about Admiral Onishi, a drinker and a gambler, and Lieutenant Seki obedient and loyal but tormented. Author, Warner, was a w…
Readings and discussion questions present conflicting points of view concerning American involvement in Vietnam Content : The US must stop communist expansion (1954) / John Foster Dulles The US must be cautious (1954) / John F. Kennedy The US must maintain its commitments (1965) / Don R. Larson & Arthur Larson Vietnamization will shorten the war (1969) / Richard M. Nixon Vietnamization …