The Historic Documents series makes primary source research easy by presenting in one volume key excerpts from documents relating to the important events of each year for the United States and the world. Each volume includes eighty to ninety documents from a particular year, from official or other influential reports and surveys, to speeches from leaders and other opinion makers, to court cases, legislation, and testimony, and much more.

Historic Documents is renowned for the well written and informative background, history, and context it provides for each document. Each volume begins with an insightful essay that sets the year’s events in context. Full source citations are provided, and links to Web addresses containing complete documents are given if available. Readers have easy access to material through a detailed table of contents, a thematic table of contents, and a cumulative five-year index that directs them to related material in earlier volumes.

Featured documents in Historic Documents of 2006 cover topics including:

• The first visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao to the United States
• The swearing in of Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the first woman in Africa to be elected as head of state
• War in Lebanon
• The stalemate over Iran’s nuclear weapons program
• Congressional scandals, including those linked to Jack Abramoff and the resignation of Tom DeLay
• Electronic eavesdropping by the National Security Agency
• The 2006 Congressional mid-term elections
• The debate over immigration in the United States

This series will be a welcome addition to collections that serve a wide range of patrons, including those interested in environmental, health, or other public policy; democracy and elections throughout the world; wars and other crises; and a variety of social, political, and humanitarian issues.