Chapter 5 - The 50s: Eisenhower, the Bomb & the Third World
Tv Series
Tv Show :
Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States
Season 1
Episode Number :5
Rate : imdb 7.5/10
RunTime :58 mins
Air Date :2012-12-10
Story : 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.