Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States — Season 1, Episode 5: Chapter 5 - The 50s: Eisenhower, the Bomb & the Third World
Documentary, War & Politics • 58 min • 1 season, 10 episodes • ★ 7.6/10
Episode synopsis
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.
About Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States
Oliver Stone's re-examination of under-reported events in American history.
More episodes from Season 1
- E1Chapter 1 - World War Two
- E2Chapter 2 - Roosevelt, Truman & Wallace
- E3Chapter 3 - The Bomb
- E4Chapter 4 - The Cold War - 1945-1950
- E6Chapter 6 - JFK: To the Brink
- E7Chapter 7 - Johnson, Nixon & Vietnam: Reversal of Fortune
- E8Chapter 8 - Reagan, Gorbachev & Third World: Rise of the Right
- E9Chapter 9 - Bush & Clinton: American Triumphalism - New World Order
- E10Chapter 10 - Bush & Obama: Age of Terror