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

Dec 10, 2012 on SHOWTIME at 12:00 AM

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Summary

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 ... (more)the ruthlessness of U.S. policy towards a Third World. Eisenhower emerges as a game changer.

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