Movies As A Cultural Force in the 1930's
Professor of history Gary Gerstle talks about the movies as a powerful, populist force in the 1930's. "These are all stories about the little guy in American society," Professor Gerstle explains, "...standing up...to the..
Nation Torn, A: 1968, The Year the Dream Died
The trauma and turmoil of the 1960s seem to converge on the year 1968. On March 31 in this year of the TET Offensive, President Johnson addresses the nation to announce his decision not to run for re-election. Many thing..
Nation Torn, A: America's Relationship with Ngo Dinh Diem
From 1954 to the 1970s Diem fills jails with people in the South suspected of being Communist. People are tortured and killed. When several Buddhists are killed for demonstrating in 1963, Kennedy sends Henry Cabot Lodge ..
Nation Torn, A: Cuban Missile Crisis
In 1962 a U-2 spy aircraft discovers Russia is installing medium-range missiles with nuclear warheads in Cuba just 90 miles from the U. S. mainland. President Kennedy convenes the Executive Committee of the National Secu..
Nation Torn, A: Disillusionment Spawned by Vietnam Conflict
The Vietnam war and racial struggles at home creates a wedge between the American people and their government. In retrospect journalists like Marvin Kalb feel they were systematically lied to by the U.S. government, and ..
Nation Torn, A: History of the Vietnam Conflict
Lyndon Johnson enters the presidency with even less experience in international affairs than John F. Kennedy. In his initial days in office, the country's foreign policy is dominated by the bitter civil war in Vietnam. A..
Nation Torn, A: Influences on U.S. Foreign Policy
The enduring images of the 1960s depict problems that have no easy solutions, at home or abroad. The Kennedy administration attempts to win the hearts and minds of less developed countries by initiating the Peace Corps, ..
Nation Torn, A: Nation Torn-The Two Vietnams, A
The United States is confident of its abilities to rebuild South Vietnam given its track record after World War II. Ngo Dinh Diem is hand picked as leader of the south. Elections to reunify the country do not take place ..
Nation Torn, A: Presidential Race of 1968
In 1968 demonstrations and violent reactions occur within and without the Democratic convention in Chicago. Ultimately, the 1968 presidential election is a contest between the current and former vice president, Hubert Hu..
Nation Torn, A: Stalemate in Vietnam
There are 500,000 American soldiers in Vietnam by end of 1967, bogged down in a fight they can't seem to win. Critics charge that the military is being asked to fight with one hand tied behind its back. The Pentagon is b..