12. Prologue: Chapter B - 1920-1940, Franklin D.Roosevelt, Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin

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Many events from the 1920s that led up to the establishment of the leaders prior to and during world war II. Most everyone knows about prohibition but few know about the US bankers profiteering extensively by loaning money to post world war I Germany who then paid its war reparation to Britain and France who in turn paid their war debts to the US. USMC general Smedley Butler speaks out against these acts of profiteering. He is suspiciously left out of modern US history.

11. Prologue: Chapter A - World War I, the Russian Revolution & Woodrow Wilson

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The world political and colonial empires at the beginning of the 20th century. The USA resuming control of most of the former Spanish empire around the globe plus Great Britain and Germany's ideology at that time. It continues on into the Russian revolution when Lenin became leader. This is a bonus episode that precedes the other 8 episodes of the series.

10. Chapter 10 - Bush & Obama: Age of Terror

2013 - Season 1

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

9. Chapter 9 - Bush & Clinton: American Triumphalism - New World Order

2013 - Season 1

George W. Bush and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; the U.S. economy; the end of the Cold War; and national security in America.

8. Chapter 8 - Reagan, Gorbachev & Third World: Rise of the Right

2012 - Season 1

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

7. Chapter 7 - Johnson, Nixon & Vietnam: Reversal of Fortune

2012 - Season 1

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

6. Chapter 6 - JFK: To the Brink

2012 - Season 1

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. Directed and narrated by Oliver Stone.

5. Chapter 5 - The 50s: Eisenhower, the Bomb & the Third World

2012 - Season 1

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 annihilation are explored, as are the Korean War and U.S. rearmament. McCarthyism grows and so does the ruthlessness of U.S. policy towards a Third World. Eisenhower emerges as a game changer.

4. Chapter 4 - The Cold War - 1945-1950

2012 - Season 1

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 Curtain speech, the civil war in Greece and the Red Scare that prompts the rise of Joseph McCarthy, the House Un-American Activities Committee and the FBI.

3. Chapter 3 - The Bomb

2012 - Season 1

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 and mistrust towards the Allies grew quickly.

2. Chapter 2 - Roosevelt, Truman & Wallace

2012 - Season 1

Highlights from the historical upset of Harry Truman replacing Henry Wallace as Roosevelt's Vice President. Exploration of the relationship between the US and the Soviet Union and the beginnings of the Cold War.

1. Chapter 1 - World War Two

2012 - Season 1

The first chapter explores the birth of the American Empire by focusing on Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin. Through examination of key decisions during World War II, discover unsung heroes such as American Henry Wallace and explore the demonization of the Soviets.

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