America's Bloody History from Vietnam to the War on Terror

by Kieron Connolly

Book Overview

During the 1960s, America became embroiled in an increasingly unpopular war fighting communism in Vietnam. Antiwar sentiment led to mass youth protests, which occasionally turned deadly. With the Soviet Union breaking up in the late 1980s, the United States was the sole superpower. But it quickly became the target of Islamist terrorism, as 9/11, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the War on Terror came to define the first two decades of the new...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0766095568
• ISBN13: 9780766095564
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Enslow Publishing
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.2" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12