Discusses the conflict that developed between President Franklin Roosevelt and his attorney general, Francis Biddle, over the limits of press freedom in the early days of World War II. (FL)

Much of the content of college courses on the Vietnam War is superficial and biased toward the American point of view. The greatest problem is ignorance about the Vietnamese perspective, both Communist and non-Communist. (MSE)

Concludes that President Franklin Roosevelt managed the news with a great deal of press support and thereby generated favorable public opinion. (FL)

Reviews U.S. interventionism from the Truman administration to the Reagan administration. Assesses how intervention has been initiated, justified, and prolonged in the past, stating that future policy must be based upon historical realities rather than on ideology, inherited doctrines, resolutions, or vague treaties. (GEA)

Describes a political science course that attempts to place the complex contemporary politics of Southeastern Europe in a wider conceptual and comparative context. Discusses the unique background of the region. Briefly reviews the best literature on the subject, and provides a series of discussion questions and activities. (MJP)