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Back to SearchAmerican Republics, 1783–1850: Democracy and Empire
Season 3 Episode 1
Contrary to the popular narrative of a confident and stable young republic, the United States emerged from its constitution as a fragile, internally …
2 years, 11 months ago
The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America
Season 2 Episode 39
Hailed as the founding father of America’s conservation movement, President Theodore Roosevelt championed the protection of the nation's natural trea…
3 years, 1 month ago
American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race
Season 2 Episode 38
In 1961, as the Cold War cast a shadow across the globe, John F. Kennedy inspired Americans to look up to the sky as he announced his goal of putting…
3 years, 2 months ago
Flora MacDonald: Journey to the New World and the Revolutionary War
Season 2 Episode 37
Flora MacDonald’s life continued to be marked by dramatic political upheaval following her involvement in the escape of Prince Charles Edward Stuart.…
3 years, 2 months ago
Flora Macdonald: The Escape of “Bonnie” Prince Charlie
Season 2 Episode 36
Biographer Flora Fraser tells the thrilling story of the young Scotswoman who helped Prince Charles Edward Stuart evade capture following the defeat …
3 years, 2 months ago
Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944–1945
Season 2 Episode 35
World War II in the Pacific entered its endgame in June 1944, after the U.S. waged a crushing assault on the Japanese navy in the Battle of the Phili…
3 years, 3 months ago
Our Composite Nation: The Reconstruction of American Democracy in the Age of the Civil War
Season 2 Episode 34
The period of Reconstruction following the Civil War saw a transformation of the United States from a slaveholding republic into an interracial democ…
3 years, 3 months ago
American Happiness and Discontents: The Unruly Torrent, 2008-2020
Season 2 Episode 33
For decades, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist George F. Will has been regarded as one of this country’s leading columnists and public int…
3 years, 3 months ago
Hanoi's War: An International History of the War for Peace in Vietnam
Season 2 Episode 32
Half a century later, the contested history of the war in Vietnam continues to elicit national debate, deep soul-searching, and purported lessons for…
3 years, 3 months ago
Our First Civil War: Patriots and Loyalists in the American Revolution
Season 2 Episode 31
Long before the first battle of the American Revolution, the conflict between Loyalists and Patriots swept through all facets of American society, wi…
3 years, 4 months ago