The Best Episodes Directed By Oliver Stone

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   #1 - Chapter 2 - Roosevelt, Truman & Wallace

   S1:E211/19/2012

   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.

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

   S1:E712/24/2012

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

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   8.0/10(4 votes)

   #3 - Chapter 10 - Bush & Obama: Age of Terror

   S1:E101/14/2013

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

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   7.8/10(5 votes)

   #4 - Chapter 1 - World War Two

   S1:E111/12/2012

   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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   7.7/10(6 votes)

   #5 - Chapter 3 - The Bomb

   S1:E311/26/2012

   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.

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

   S1:E812/31/2012

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

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   7.7/10(3 votes)

   #7 - Episode 1

   S1:E111/22/2021

   Oliver Stone gives background on the Assassination Records Review Board, created by an act of Congress following the controversy of his 1991 film, JFK, and explores the aftermath of President Kennedy’s assassination.

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   7.6/10(5 votes)

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

   S1:E512/10/2012

   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.

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   7.5/10(4 votes)

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

   S1:E91/7/2013

   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.

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    7.4/10(5 votes)

    #10 - Chapter 6 - JFK: To the Brink

    S1:E612/17/2012

    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.

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    6.8/10(5 votes)

    #11 - Chapter 4 - The Cold War - 1945-1950

    S1:E412/3/2012

    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.

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