Filmography . The Untold History of the United States
The Untold History of the United States
Release date: 2012
Type: Film
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Summary
Directed by Oliver Stone, a new look at the birth of the American Empire, coming out of WW2, focusing in the first of 10 episodes, on FDR and Stalin. We discover unsung heroes, such as American Henry Wallace, and the demonization of the Soviets.
Chapter 1: WORLD WAR TWO
Chapter 2: ROOSEVELT, TRUMAN, & WALLACE
Chapter 3: THE BOMB
Chapter 4: COLD WAR: TRUMAN, WALLACE, STALIN, CHURCHILL & THE BOMB
Chapter 5: THE ‘50s: EISENHOWER, THE BOMB & THE THIRD WORLD
“Howard [Zinn] would have loved this ‘people’s history’ of the American Empire. It's compulsive reading: brilliant, a masterpiece!” – Daniel Ellsberg
"Grounded in indisputable fact” - Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
"Thought-provoking, massively documented, and a necessary antidote to the mainstream media’s celebration of American triumphalism." – Jon Wiener, The Nation
“A truly historic endeavor.” - David Corn, Mother Jones
"The Struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting." Milan Kundera
Without memory, there is only the dictatorship of the now.
