A look at the politics of the United States, including the beginnings of the early political parties to the modern Republicans and Democrats, offers an examination of the political system in general.

Explores the amendments that have been made to the Constitution, as well as the proposed amendments that were not passed, detailing the controversies and Supreme Court cases that surrounded them

Analyzes the Constitution's provision for impeachment and its relevance to the presidencies of Andrew Jackson, Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Ronald Reagan (view table of contents)

Describes the rules established to put limits on warfare, discusses the war crimes trials that followed World War II, and looks at individual cases and their outcomes

Profiles nine women in the federal government, including Dorothea Dix, Frances Perkins, Florence Ellinwood, Constance Baker Motley, and Patricia Robert Harris (view table of contents)

Profiles eight American women who fought for political changes, including Ida Wells-Barnett, Pauli Murray, and Fannie Lou Hamer for civil rights; Carrie Chapman Catt for woman suffrage; Molly Dewson for women's political voices; and feminist Gloria Steinem (view table of contents)

Describes the lives and political careers of eleven women who have served in the Congress: Jeannette Rankin, Margaret Chase Smith, Helen Gahagan Douglas, Shirley Chisholm, Barbara Jordan, Nancy Landon Kassebaum, Barbara Mikulski, Dianne Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Patty Murray, and Carol Moseley Braun.Describes the lives and political careers of eleven women who have served in the Congress, including: Jeannette Rankin, Margaret Chase Smith, Helen Gahagan Douglas, Shirley Chisholm, Barbara Jordan,and Nancy Landon Kassebaum