Biography of Douglas MacArthur, drawing from the general's official military records, reports, diaries, and correspondence to provide information on his turbulent military career and his failed presidential aspirations.

Chronicles the life of Harriet Tubman, describing the many different roles she played throughout her life, including thief, slave, trickster, abolitionist, and African-American leader.

Magazine editor and author Cullen Murphy discusses similarities between the U.S. and the Roman Empire, arguing that the U.S. most resembles Rome in two areas in which change is possible: governmental corruption and "arrogant ignorance" of the outside world.

A biography of Revolutionary War general and first President of the United States, George Washington, focusing on his use of spies to gather intelligence that helped the colonies win the war.

Explains how and why the United States Constitution came to be written, and describes the system of government set up by the document's writers.

Social, political, economic, and cultural history of the 1950s in the United States.

Southern African-Americans who were young and involved in the civil rights movement during the 1950s and 1960s describe their experiences.