Afghanistan, Palestine, Somalia: Wars
For 80-year-old Uri, Israel’s 1948 War of Independence has brought nothing but glory. He’s considered a legend in his hometown on the volatile Israel-Lebanon border, and young recruits hang on his every word. By contrast, Qahir’s prospects for...
Post-War Hopes, Cold War Dreams
The 1950s in America were a time of nostalgia and neurosis. Factories poured out goods, the dollar was powerful, and the United States - filled with the heady optimism of victory in World War II - believed that it could politically, culturally, and ...
No Easy Walk: Kenya
Part of the No Easy Walk series, this video traces the history of Kenya's opposition to white rule, from the arrival of the first settlers in the 19th century to the Mau-Mau rebellion in 1952, in which the struggle for land rights was central. Early...