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|  | Darkness in El Dorado by Patrick Tierney
An anthropologist turns his critical eye on his own field and uncovers troubling conduct by some of the most renowned researchers of the Yanomami Indians of the Amazon, including Napoleon Chagnon and Jacques Lizot. Charges include misrepresenting the role of violence in their culture, helping to provide vaccines that caused deaths, and sexually exploiting the Yanomami. A 2000 New York Times Notable Book. AUTHOR: Patrick Tierney
PUBLISHER: Norton, W. W. & Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History 
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 | Lost Crusade by Peter Scott
When Peter Scott began a 1968 tour in Vietnam advising ethnic Cambodian Khmer Krom paramilitaries, they shared only an earnest desire to check the spread of communism. It took nearly thirty years and a chance reunion for him to realize just how much they had become a part of him. Successfully blending intense combat narrative and stirring emotional drama, Scott vividly captures both the unique village culture of a little-known, highly spiritual people and their complex relationship with Special Forces soldiers, who found it increasingly difficult to match their charges' commitment to the costly conflict. Building on his experiences as a Phoenix Program adviser near the Cambodian border, extensive interviews with Khmer Krom survivors, hundreds of hours of research in government archives, and requests for Freedom of Information Act disclosures, Scott seamlessly reconstructs the six-thousand-strong mercenary force's final crusade against communism, beginning in their ancestral home in 1970 and ending on the U.S. West Coast in 1995. AUTHOR: Peter Scott
PUBLISHER: Naval Institute Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | The Korean War Veterans Memorial by R. Conrad Stein
Description not available.Provides a brief history of the Forgotten War and discusses the memorial built to honor those who fought in the war. AUTHOR: R. Conrad Stein
PUBLISHER: Scholastic Library Publishing
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | Guadalcanal Diary by Richard Tregaskis
Description not available.Offers an eyewitness account of the U.S. Marines' struggle to regain control of Guadalcanal and the Solomon Islands from the Japanese. AUTHOR: Richard Tregaskis
PUBLISHER: Random House, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | African Slave Trade by Shirlee P. Newman
Description not available.Describes the history of slavery, explaining how European countries purchased and sold slaves and how they were eventually brought to the United States. AUTHOR: Shirlee P. Newman
PUBLISHER: Scholastic Library Publishing
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | The Century That Was
Description not available.Provides middle readers with an insightful review of the great changes that were made, such as immigration and civil rights, through a collection of works from diverse well-known authors, such as Albert Marrin and Jim Murphy.
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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