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

8.3/10 · 277 votesDec 10, 201258 min

Ranked #7 of 10 in Season 1•matches the season avg

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

Season 1 Episodes10

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E1 8.5

Chapter 1 - World War Two

E2 8.3

Chapter 2 - Roosevelt, Truman & Wallace

E3 8.6

Chapter 3 - The Bomb

E4 8.3

Chapter 4 - The Cold War - 1945-1950

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

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E6 8.4

Chapter 6 - JFK: To the Brink

E7 8.4

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

E8 8.2

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

E9 8.2

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

E10 8.3

Chapter 10 - Bush & Obama: Age of Terror

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Oliver Stone

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Oliver Stone

Writer

Matt Graham

Writer

Oliver Stone

Director

Peter Kuznick

Writer

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Episode Summary

"Chapter 5 - The 50s: Eisenhower, the Bomb & the Third World" is episode 5 of Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States season 1. It scored 8.3/10 from 277 votes, ranking #7 of 10 episodes this season (season average 8.3). Directed by Oliver Stone and written by Oliver Stone, Matt Graham, Peter Kuznick, it aired on December 10, 2012.

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

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