He went off to war an unknown soldier and returned a beloved national hero. Often dismissed as a "do-nothing" president and a good-natured bumbler, Dwight D. Eisenhower -- the last American president to be born in the 19th century -- was actually a skillful politician, a tough Cold War warrior, and one of America's most misunderstood and unappreciated presidents. Two-part documentary from American Experience.

Between June 1940 and August 1944, Otto Abetz, German ambassador in Paris, and Fernand de Brinon, am...

Russian front, January, 1943. It's hell: the flurries of sleet take the breath away and Sergeant Bis...

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The documentary that captures the compelling story and eyewitness account of six survivors in war-to...

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The story of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962—the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the disc...

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This story follows one man's quest to uncover the origins and reveal the mysteries of a possible Hol...

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During World War II in the freezing winter of 1944-45 the western Netherlands are in the grip of a f...

This World War II documentary rests on an unusual thesis: it argues that, in the wake of Pearl Harbo...

An epic family saga told by the women around the famous architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.

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