Gary E McCuen

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1) Welfare reform: the politics of wealth and poverty

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Presents an overview of efforts to reform the welfare system in America throughout history, and provides a series of essays debating issues of welfare policy, the impact of the system on children, pregnant teens, and the disabled, and the role of churches and charities.

2) Firearms and social violence: the other arms race

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Presents various viewpoints on gun control, gun control laws, and their effect on violent crimes.

3) Ecocide and genocide in the vanishing forest: the rainforests and native people

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Examines the controversies surrounding the destruction of the tropical rain forest.

4) Militarism and global ecology

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Covers the war on nature, global military pollution, war and the environment: ideas in conflict, and reasoning skill development.

5) Religion and politics: issues in religious liberty

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Essays explore the relationship between religion and politics and discuss the nature of religious intolerance throughout history.

6) The Indochina War: why our policy failed

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Bender, David L

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A collecton of essays and discussion exercises present conflicting viewpoints on various aspects of American policy and participation in the Vietnam War.