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American history's biggest fibs. 3, Supremacy / directed by Tom Cholmondeley ; produced by Tom Cholmondeley, British Broadcasting Corporation.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nuclear weapons--United States--History.
- Nuclear weapons.
- World politics--1945-1989.
- World politics.
- Reconstruction (1939-1951).
- International relations--History--20th century.
- International relations.
- United States--History--1945-.
- United States.
- United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
- United States--Social conditions--1945-.
- United States--Race relations--History--20th century.
- Genre:
- Documentary television programs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (61 minutes)
- Other Title:
- Supremacy
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : BBC Worldwide, 2019.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- The American Revolution. The Civil War. The American Dream. These are the moments and mottos that define America. But how much can history be trusted? And how many myths or half-truths bind together the history of the United States? Explore New York, Atlanta, Boston and Arizona and dig deeper into America's much mythologised past. Lucy Worsley reveals the heroes who spearheaded America's triumphant moments in history, as well as the cynical motives, divisions and darkness that lie behind the legends. In the third and final film in the series, Lucy Worsley reveals the historic myths and deceptions told following the United States' emergence as a superpower after the Second World War. We often remember the 1950s and early 1960s in America as a golden era of abundance, harmony and the American dream made real. This film reveals that to be a carefully constructed illusion. In truth, the era of America's supremacy was a time of government deception, racial conflict and fears of nuclear annihilation.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed June 14, 2022).
- OCLC:
- 1336057588
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