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Dwight Eisenhower: I Like Ike (1953 – 1961)
Dwight Eisenhower was the first military hero to become president since Ulysses Grant nearly a century earlier. But the post WWII era was much different from the post Civil War era. The military-industrial complex was taking shape, and...
IT'S HISTORY
Zero Hour - Origins of THE COLD WAR
The origins of the Cold War can be traced back to World War 1 and World War 2. In the final months of World War 2, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin already started to work on a post-war order for the world....
IT'S HISTORY
Fast Food - Would You Like Capitalism With That? I THE COLD WAR
A city that is not plastered with branches of US Fast Food chains is a rare sight nowadays. That wasn't always the case. Fast Food, as we know it today, is a child of the economic boom after World War 2. Taking your new car for a ride to...
Curated Video
How the US created a disaster in Afghanistan
What was the purpose of America's longest war? Subscribe and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videosf='http://goo.gl/0bsAjO' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>videos On August 15, 2021, the Taliban took over Afghanistan’s...
Curated Video
Command of the Seas - Arctic (1952)
Made in 1952, "Command of the Seas" is a series of four, full color films that document America's post-WWII Navy. Intended to promote the important role the fleet could play in Cold War conflicts (such as the recently-stalemated Korean...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: United States History: Us History Overview 3: Wwii to Vietnam
Gain an understanding of the era that covers World War II, Hitler, Cold War, Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Space Race.
PBS
Pbs Frontline: Return of the Czar
PBS's Frontline examines the failures of U.S. policy and Boris Yeltsin's leadership during Russia's tumultuous 1990's Post-Soviet transformation. Content includes interviews, photographs, video excerpts, and more.