For commentary on this episode, see Merryfield and Wilson, "Combining US and World History", Social Studies and the World: Teaching Global Perspectives, Bulletin No 103, National Council for the Social Studies, 2005, p 100
Mike Burns. "CNN: Millennium". Heidi Roupp (ed). Teaching World History in the Twenty-first Century. ME Sharpe. 2010. Routledge. 2015. p 89
John E Wills Jr. "CNN Millennium". The World from 1450 to 1700. (New Oxford World History). Oxford University Press. 2009. p 164