Product Description: During the summer of 1940, the fate of the world hung in the balance as Adolf Hitler's powerful air force, the Luftwaffe, contested the skies above southern England with Britain's Royal Air Force. A handful of brave but outnumbered RAF pilots, many hailing from outside the United Kingdom, fought desperately to hold the Nazi juggernaut back and, in doing so, defend Britain from invasion...read more

Product Description: What happened when millions of British servicemen were “demobbed”—demobilized—after World War II? Most had been absent for years, and the joy of arrival was often clouded with ambivalence, regrets, and fears. Returning soldiers faced both practical and psychological problems, from reasserting their place in the family home to rejoining a much-altered labor force...read more

Product Description: This work tells how, for a decade, Gordon Brown was Prime Minister Tony Blair's right-hand man - the 'Iron Chancellor' who piloted the British economy through years of growth. But behind the scenes, a bitter power struggle between the two men was rocking the foundations of the Labour Party...read more

Distilling personal background, personality, and historical perspective, each title in this series about leaders making headlines today includes full-color photographs, a chronology, a bibliography, suggestions for further reading, and an index.

Presents diverse viewpoints on immigration and on making English the official language of the United States.

Presents arguments for and against the United States' role as global policeman, the reduction of our nuclear arsenal, and the need for a ballistic missile defense shield.

A biography of the thirty-second president whose three terms in office spanned the years of the Depression and the Second World War.

Looks at freedom of speech in the United States from different perspectives, offering statistics, statutes, legal opinions, and studies to help form an educated opinion.

Product Description: - Information-packed volumes provide comprehensive overviews of each nation's people, geography, history, government, economy, and culture- Abundant full-color illustrations guide the reader on a voyage of discovery- Maps reflect current political boundaries

Looks at the geography, history, people, culture, economy, and future of Austria. (view table of contents)