""Without the Cold War, what's the point of being an American?" As if in answer to this poignant question from John Updike's Rabbit at Rest, Stephen Whitfield examines the impact of the Cold War - and its dramatic ending - on American culture in an updated version of his highly acclaimed study. In a new epilogue to this second edition, he extends his analysis from the McCarthyism of the 1950s, including its effects on the American and European intelligensia,...

In 1836, a Mexican woman saves the lives of twenty Texan soldiers captured by the Mexican army in the town of Goliad, Texas.

An account of the life and death of one of the Wild West's most famous outlaws, Jesse James.

Explores the rights guaranteed by the first ten amendments to the Constitution, why that Bill of Rights was considered necessary, and how it formed the basis of similar documents in the United States and abroad.

Discusses the early history of California, focusing especially on the gold rush period including the discovery of gold, the arrival of prospectors hoping to strike it rich, and the effects on the people and environment of the region.