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Episode Details: Chapter 5 - The 50s: Eisenhower, the Bomb & the Third World

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Chapter 5 - The 50s: Eisenhower, the Bomb & the Third World

Series: Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States

Season: Season 1

Episode Number: 5

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Duration: 58 min

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.

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Cast and Guests

Portrait of Oliver Stone

Oliver Stone

Writer
Portrait of Oliver Stone

Oliver Stone

Director
Portrait of Nikita Khrushchev

Nikita Khrushchev

Self (archive footage)
Portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Self

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