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A look at major events that have shaped the United States and the world as it is today.

Untold History of the United States

Bush & Obama: Age of Terror

Russia is introduced to American Capitalism; the U.S. goes to war in Middle East; a New World Order is shaped.

Bush & Clinton: Squandered Peace - New World Order

A look at Carter's dreams of change giving way to Ronald Reagan; new commitment to war; splitting of U.S. economy; Third World cruelty; Gorbachev redeems Reagan and fresh opportunities for peace; Reagan's debated legacy; directed by Oliver Stone.

Reagan, Gorbachev & Third World: Revival of Fortune

A look at Cataclysm in Vietnam; removal of Third World leaders; U.S. civil war at home; the betrayal by Richard Nixon; directed by Oliver Stone.

Vietnam, LBJ, Nixon & Third World: Reversal of Fortune

A focus on John F. Kennedy; the Bay of Pigs; the brink of total war during Berlin Wall and Cuban Missile Crisis; early Vietnam; JFK attempts at peace with Khrushchev; JFK is assassinated; Khrushchev is removed from office; directed by Oliver Stone.

JFK, Khrushchev & The Bomb: To the Brink

Eisenhower and John Foster Dulles replace Truman; Stalin dies, but relations with Soviet Union turn colder; the H-bomb and the doctrine of nuclear annihilation is explored, as is the Korean War and U.S. rearmament; directed by Oliver Stone.

The '50s: Eisenhower, the Bomb & the Third World

Specific month-by-month causes of the Cold War emerge and it is unclear who started it; an illustration of Churchill's Iron Curtain speech, the civil war in Greece and the Red Scare that prompts the rise of McCarthy; directed by Oliver Stone.

Cold War: Truman, Wallace, Stalin, Churchill & The Bomb

The strategies behind the U.S. atomic bombings of Japan as well as the new mythology that emerges from the War; the bombing haunts the Soviets and the mistrust towards the Allies grows quickly; directed by Oliver Stone.

The Bomb

A look at the historical upset of Harry Truman replacing Henry Wallace as Roosevelt's Vice President in his fourth term as President. This dramatic shift in leadership propels the United States towards Empire-building; directed by Oliver Stone.

Roosevelt, Truman & Wallace

A look at human events that at the time of World War II went under-reported, but crucially shaped America's unique and complex history, including the birth of the American Empire; directed by Oliver Stone.

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