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HW Bush on Policing the World: Opposing Iraqi Aggression
On the White House lawn on August 5, 1990, H.W. Bush took a stand against Iraqi aggression against Kuwait. "He led with his gut, with his instincts," says biographer Timothy Naftali.
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The Eugenics Crusade tells the story of the campaign to breed a “better” American race,
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The woman whose groundbreaking books revolutionized our relationship to the natural world.
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After attempting to commit the perfect crime, would two boys get the death penalty?
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In the 1950's a Polio outbreak swept the U.S., devastating communities nationwide.
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The man behind the atomic bomb is put on trial for suspected communist ties in 1954.
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The final months of WWII from the vantage points of both the Japanese and the Americans.
