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Between the Wars
S01 E03 / THE FIRST SALT TALKS
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EP 01
VERSAILLES: THE FIRST PEACE
EP 02
RETURN TO ISOLATIONISM
EP 03
THE FIRST SALT TALKS
EP 04
RADIO, RACISM AND FOREIGN POLICY
EP 05
THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS
EP 06
FDR AND HITLER: THE RISE TO POWER
EP 07
FDR AND HITLER: THE DYNAMICS OF POWER
EP 08
AMERICA IN THE PACIFIC: THE CLASH OF TWO CULTURES
EP 09
THE RECOGNITION OF RUSSIA: A CLIMATE OF MUTUAL DISTRUST
EP 10
LATIN AMERICA: INTERVENTION IN OUR OWN BACKYARD
EP 11
THE ITALIAN-ETHIOPIAN WAR: AFRICA IN WORLD AFFAIRS
EP 12
THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR
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THE FIRST SALT TALKSThe forces favoring peace through disarmament clash with the forces for peace through military strength. In 1921, the world's first major disarmament conference limits the post war arms race, and the most important strategic weapon of the times – the battleship. General Billy Mitchell demonstrates the superiority of air power by bombing obsolete battleships in Chesapeake bay. While the American military remains unconvinced, Japanese observers were extremely impressed as they would later demonstrate at Pear Harbor.
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