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Umfassende, aber dennoch auf die wesentlichen Fakten konzentrierte Darstellung des politischen Systems der USA (Geschichte, Verfassung, Kongress, Präsident, Parteien, Wahlen, Regionales, Justiz, Verbände, Religion, Sozialstruktur, Wirtschaft, USA in der Welt). Lehrbuch für Schulen und Universitäten

Front Cover -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1: THE USA POSES THE GREATEST THREAT TO WORLD PEACE -- Gallup Surveys 67,000 People in 65 Countries -- Since 1945 the US Has Bombed More Countries than Any Other Nation -- Eisenhower Warns Against the Military-Industrial Complex -- US Military Spending Sets World Record -- Lockheed Martin Is the Largest Arms Manufacturer in the World -- The United States Is a Nuclear Power -- The United States Has over 700 Military Bases in Foreign Countries -- The United States Has More than 200,000 Troops Stationed Abroad -- Occupied Countries Resist -- CHAPTER 2: THE USA IS AN OLIGARCHY -- 300,000 Superrich Run the Empire -- There Are 100 Million Poor People in the USA -- There Are 540 Billionaires in the USA -- The End of the American Dream -- The Superrich Determine Politics -- US Voters Have Little Influence on Politics -- CHAPTER 3: THE AMERICAN INDIAN WARS -- The Great European Powers Divide America among Themselves -- 1607: The English Establish Jamestown -- The Export of Tobacco to London -- The Thirteen Colonies on the Atlantic -- 1776: The Declaration of Independence -- The Fight against the British Empire -- 1846: The War against Mexico -- The Destruction of the Indigenous Population -- 1890: The Massacre at Wounded Knee -- Four Million Native Americans Dead -- CHAPTER 4: THE EXPLOITATION OF SLAVES -- The Abduction of 12 Million Africans -- 1865: The Civil War and the Abolition of Slavery -- The Ku Klux Klan Wants White Supremacy -- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Strengthens the Civil Rights Movement -- CHAPTER 5: NORTH AMERICA IS NOT ENOUGH -- 1898: The Explosion of the USS Maine -- 1898: The Conquest of Cuba and Puerto Rico -- 1893: The Coup d'État in Hawai'i -- 1898: The Conquest of the Philippines.