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America, Empire of LibertyEpisodes

  1. 'To Shape an Uncertain Destiny'

    90/90Change once again transforms American politics during the 2008 presidential election.

  2. Iraq and the 'Axis of Evil'

    89/90The 9/11 attacks propel President Bush and America in to wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

  3. 'America is Under Attack'

    88/90The era of relative peace after the Cold War comes to a violent end on September 11, 2001.

  4. Multiculturalism or Disintegration?

    87/90New waves of immigration from Latin America change the country's ethnic makeup.

  5. Sole Superpower, Edgy Americans

    86/90President Clinton presides over a grubby and divisive period in the political world.

  6. 'A New World Order'?

    85/90A swift victory in Iraq points to a new international consensus.

  7. 'Tear Down This Wall'

    84/90The first President Bush responds pragmatically to the dramatic events of 1989.

  8. The Information Revolution

    83/90The personal computer goes mainstream, demonstrating the ingenuity of the American economy

  9. Reagan and the 'Evil Empire'

    82/90President Reagan makes progress with a new Cold War strategy.

  10. The Acting President

    81/90Ronald Reagan turns his message of economic freedom into resounding electoral victories.

  11. Keeping Faith

    80/90Evangelical Christian Jimmy Carter is elected president.

  12. Putting God Back into Politics

    79/90Evangelical Christians get involved in public life to fight against liberal excesses.

  13. The 'Silent Majority' Finds Its Voice

    78/90Conservative reaction to civil rights and women's liberation galvanises American politics.

  14. A Constitutional Abortion

    77/90In 1973 the Supreme Court determines a framework for legal abortion.

  15. America in Retreat?

    76/90Watergate, Vietnam and an economy damaged by the oil crisis drain American vitality.

  16. Watergate and the Imperial Presidency

    75/90Paranoia and arrogance in the White House lead to the downfall of President Nixon.

  17. Vietnam - 'Peace With Honour'?

    74/90America wakes up to its involvement in south east Asia and Nixon pulls out the troops.

  18. 1968 - Paralysis of a President

    73/90Domestic tensions and the war in Vietnam throw the Johnson administration into a tailspin.

  19. Vietnam - The Battleground of Freedom

    72/90Successive American leaders are embroiled in the ongoing conflict against communism.

  20. Cuba - That Four Letter Word

    71/90An American-backed invasion of Cuba fails.

  21. The 'War on Poverty'

    70/90Lyndon Johnson seizes the political moment after the assassination of President Kennedy.

  22. Women's Liberation

    69/90American women push back against sexism.

  23. Black Power

    68/90African-American frustration at the slow pace of change results in riots.

  24. 'And We Shall Overcome'

    67/90Activists confront segregationists and President Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act.

  25. The Back of the Bus

    66/90The US Supreme Court orders schools to become racially mixed.

  26. Defended to Death

    65/90The country enters a period of unprecedented prosperity, despite the threat of nuclear war

  27. Korea - The Cold War Turns Hot

    64/90The US army clashes with Chinese and Soviet-backed forces in Korea.

  28. The Suburban Republic

    63/90After the war, Americans turn their attentions back home, building homes and highways.

  29. A World Half-Slave, Half-Free

    62/90Truman and Stalin square off over the Berlin blockade and the USSR tests a nuclear bomb.

  30. Red or Dead?

    61/90How a Second World War alliance between the US and the Soviets hardened into the Cold War.

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