Oliver Stone's Secret History of America Season 1

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1x01 Chapter 1 - World War Two aired Nov 12, 2012

The crucial years of the Second World War. Stone, on the one hand, denounces the steadfastness of Allied forces in the face of the rise of Nazi-fascist regim... read more

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1x02 Chapter 2 - Roosevelt, Truman & Wallace aired Nov 19, 2012

Highlights from the historical upset of Harry Truman replacing Henry Wallace as Roosevelt's Vice President. Exploration of the relationship between the US an... read more

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1x03 Chapter 3 - The Bomb aired Nov 26, 2012

The strategies behind the U.S. atomic bombings of Japan are explored as well as the new mythology that emerged from the war. The bombing haunted the Soviets ... read more

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1x04 Chapter 4 - The Cold War - 1945-1950 aired Dec 03, 2012

The equation changes: specific month-by-month causes of the Cold War emerge and it is not entirely clear who started it. Highlights include Churchill's Iron ... read more

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1x05 Chapter 5 - The 50s: Eisenhower, the Bomb & the Third World aired Dec 10, 2012

Eisenhower and John Foster Dulles replace Truman. Stalin dies but relations with the Soviet Union turn colder. The H-bomb and the doctrine of nuclear annihil... read more

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1x06 Chapter 6 - JFK: To the Brink aired Dec 17, 2012

JFK and the Bay of Pigs; on the brink of total war during Cuban Missile Crisis; early Vietnam; JFK's attempts at peace with Khrushchev; JFK assassinated. Dir... read more

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1x07 Chapter 7 - Johnson, Nixon & Vietnam: Reversal of Fortune aired Dec 24, 2012

The war in Vietnam reaches a turning point; President Nixon's involvement in Watergate comes to light.

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1x08 Chapter 8 - Reagan, Gorbachev & Third World: Rise of the Right aired Dec 31, 2012

Ronald Reagan succeeds Jimmy Carter; Reagan and the Soviet Union's Mikhail Gorbachev powwow; and Reagan's legacy is examined.

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1x09 Chapter 9 - Bush & Clinton: American Triumphalism - New World Order aired Jan 07, 2013

George W. Bush's doctrine of endless war in Iraq and Afghanistan and the continued cannibalization of the U.S. economy. Squandered chances given by the end o... read more

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1x10 Chapter 10 - Bush & Obama: Age of Terror aired Jan 14, 2013

In the Season 1 finale, the war on terrorism and the presidential administrations of George W. Bush and Barack Obama are examined.

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