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Complete History of U.S. Wars

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War has always been part of the American experience. From the time the first colonists set foot upon North America's shores, they were in conflict with the Native inhabitants. One hundred years later the colonies suddenly found themselves an extension of the conflicts in Europe. Less than a century later, the Revolutionary War freed the fledgling United States from its British overlords and European entanglements. Born and nurtured in war, America grew in strength and power until at the beginning of the 21st century it was the foremost military power in the world. Join George Kennedy as he takes us on this 300-year saga of The Complete History of U.S. Wars.

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• The Cold War

  THE COLD WAR: By the middle of the 20th-century, a completely new kind of war emerged. It was a war whose battles did not allow for direct confrontation between the two main combatants, the United States and the Soviet Union. This was because direct confrontation with atomic weapons would have led to the total annihilation of both adversaries. In the seventh program we look at the years from 1952 to 1969. These were the principal years of the Cold War battles between America and the Soviet Union. 1952 - The Marshall Plan Wins the Battle for Western Europe. 1954 - John Foster Dulles Becomes Eisenhower's Cold War Warrior. 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis. 1964 - Vietnam War: Congress Passes Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. 1968 - Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive.

  Length:	00:27:43
  Usage rights:	Expires 6/30/2029

• The Police Wars

  THE POLICE WARS: As the Vietnam War drew to a close, it became clear that the American military had experienced a devastating defeat to a communist adversary. It was the first loss in U.S. history. Ironically, at the same time the danger from the greater nemesis of global communism was on the decline. In this program we look at the years 1973 to 2004...a time when the American military would reach an all-time low only to reemerge as the world's single superpower with a new role as the world's policeman. 1973 - Vietnam War: Cease-Fire Ends War. 1983 - The Grenada Conflict. 1990 - The Gulf War. 1991--End of the Cold War. 2003 - Gulf War II.

  Length:	00:26:53
  Usage rights:	Expires 6/30/2029

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