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JFK: To the Brink

2012 History

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.

Series: The Untold History of the United States

Johnson Nixon and Vietnam: Reversal Of Fortune

2012 History

Stone opens the episode on Vietnam with a review of American intervention in Latin America. Lyndon Johnson, according to Stone, disregarded JFK’s “memo” about withdrawing troops and instead escalated. The Cataclysm in Vietnam as the war reaches a turning point - there's no going back. The betrayal by Richard Nixon.

Series: The Untold History of the United States

Reagan Gorbachev and Third World: Rise Of The Right

2012 History

Carter's dreams of change give way to Ronald Reagan. Gorbachev redeems Reagan and fresh opportunities for peace arise. The debate over Reagan's legacy.

Series: The Untold History of the United States

Bush and Clinton: Squandered Peace in New World Order

2012 History

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 of the Cold War. A new USA, the National Security Fortress.

Series: The Untold History of the United States

Bush and Obama: Age of Terror

2012 History

The meaning of events up to today. Obama and the destiny of the American Empire.

Series: The Untold History of the United States

Beautiful Minds: Richard Dawkins

2012 History

Professor Richard Dawkins explain how his unique scientific perspectives have redefined how we think about the world around us and describe his big moment or discovery. Dawkins reveals how he came to write The Selfish Gene in 1976, an explosive book which divided the scientific community and made him the most influential evolutionary biologist of his generation, and how this made him an outspoken spokesman for atheism.