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Between the Wars

9.5 IMDb tt0335623 1978 War & Politics · Documentary

This classic series follows the events that sparked the greatest conflict of the century, capturing the drama, the excitement and the ideological juxtapositions of these crucial years. Former CBS News correspondent and commentator Eric Sevareid, one of the world's most respected figures in journalism, presents this extraordinary series featuring stunning original newsreels, soundtracks, and rare archival footage.

Cast

Eric Sevareid

Versailles: The First Peace 30m President Woodrow Wilson's idealistic hopes for world peace through collective security clash at Versailles with the harsh old-world…

Return to Isolationism 30m The ultimate failure of Woodrow Wilson destroys himself in his desperate struggle for the League of Nations. The…

The First SALT Talks 30m The forces favoring peace through disarmament clash with the forces for peace through military strength. In 1921, the…

Radio, Racism and Foreign Policy 30m Disillusioned by the horrors of World War I, the U.S. tries to isolate herself from the rest of…

The Great Depression and Foreign Affairs 30m The Depression is a traumatic national experience which shatters U.S. self-confidence and paralyzes foreign policy, thus leading to…

FDR and Hitler: the Rise to Power 30m "The individual does matter in history" -- a contrast of the style of FDR and Hitler shows how…

FDR and Hitler: The Dynamics of Power 30m Both Hitler and Roosevelt appreciated the value of mass communications. FDR began his series of "fireside chats" to…

America in the Pacific: The Clash of Two Cultures 30m This overview of U.S.-Japanese relationships from the turn of the century until 1933 is a story of conflict.…

The Recognition of Russia: A Climate of Mutual Distrust 30m From the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 until the Roosevelt administration officially recognized the U.S.S.R. in the first detente…

Latin America: Intervention in Our Own Backyard 30m FDR's "The Good Neighbor Policy", his greatest foreign policy success, was a key development in reversing the U.S.…

The Italian-Ethiopian War: Africa in World Affairs 30m The short-lived but brutal Italian-Ethiopian War leads to an examination of Italian Fascism, the character of Mussolini and…

The Spanish Civil War 30m The Spanish Civil War was a microcosm of the ideological conflict of this century. When Spanish fascists under…

The Phony War 30m Hitler's assumption that England would not go to war to defend Poland triggers World War II. As the…

FDR and Churchill: The Human Partnership 30m The close personal friendship between Roosevelt and Churchill had a profound effect on the history of the Western…

Japan Invades China: Crisis in the Far East 30m In 1937 Japan was bent on establishing an empire. Encouraged by lack of Western resistance, Japan took control…

War Comes to Pearl Harbor 30m Some of the great questions that arises from WWII is: Did FDR know in advance about Pearl Harbor?…

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