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Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States
S01 E05 / CHAPTER 5 - THE 50S: EISENHOWER, THE BOMB & THE THIRD WORLD
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EP 01
CHAPTER 1 - WORLD WAR TWO
EP 02
CHAPTER 2 - ROOSEVELT, TRUMAN & WALLACE
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CHAPTER 3 - THE BOMB
EP 04
CHAPTER 4 - THE COLD WAR - 1945-1950
EP 05
CHAPTER 5 - THE 50S: EISENHOWER, THE BOMB & THE THIRD WORLD
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CHAPTER 6 - JFK: TO THE BRINK
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CHAPTER 7 - JOHNSON, NIXON & VIETNAM: REVERSAL OF FORTUNE
EP 08
CHAPTER 8 - REAGAN, GORBACHEV & THIRD WORLD: RISE OF THE RIGHT
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CHAPTER 9 - BUSH & CLINTON: AMERICAN TRIUMPHALISM - NEW WORLD ORDER
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CHAPTER 10 - BUSH & OBAMA: AGE OF TERROR
CHAPTER 5 - THE 50S: EISENHOWER, THE BOMB & THE THIRD WORLDEisenhower 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.
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