Focuses on the state of Israel, including its origins and its importance today.

Essays examine relevant statistics and current trends in adolescent sexual behavior. Authors debate what constitutes beneficial curriculum for sex education in the schools and discuss the alarming incidence of sexually transmitted diseases among adolescents.

Offers multiple perspectives on momentous events. This volume introduces and provides a brief overview of the major factors that contributed to the revolutionary actions taken in the 1950s by Fidel Castro, and US relations with Cuba over the years.

From the Back Cover: How an event is remembered depends on the people who record it. The broadest possible understanding of history comes from exploring multiple perspectives: from different time periods, different cultures, different ideologies. The Perspectives on Modern World History series provides multiple views of momentous events in recent history. Using primary and secondary sources, each volume provides background information on a significant...