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New! Moyers & Company: Uncovering the Real Vietnam War
Item# 53089
© 2013
31 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-569-7
In this edition of Moyers & Company, journalist Nick Turse joins Bill to describe his unprecedented efforts to compile a complete and compelling account of the Vietnam War’s horror as experienced...
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New! Ukraine: Lords of the Ring-Fighting for Reform
Item# 52189
© 2012
27 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-703-5
Boxing champions Vitali and Vladimir Klitschko used to let their fists and footwork do the talking-but now the brothers are ready to talk about the plight of their beloved homeland, Ukraine, and their...
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New! Vietnam: The Wandering Souls
Item# 52186
© 2012
26 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-700-4
Using war records, old maps, and other archival materials, two of Australia's Vietnam veterans have produced the first comprehensive account of where nearly 4,000 missing Vietnamese soldiers might be...
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New! Hayek and the Free Market: Masters of Money—Three Economists Who Changed the World
Item# 51975
© 2012
52 Min.
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According to conventional wisdom, the 2008 financial crisis happened because markets were not regulated enough. But what if the opposite is true? What if excessive government meddling in business caus...
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New! John Maynard Keynes and Keynesianism: Masters of Money—Three Economists Who Changed the World
Item# 51974
© 2012
51 Min.
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If anyone comes close to rivaling Winston Churchill as the central figure in modern British history, it is John Maynard Keynes. He is often credited with, among other things, helping to save capitalis...
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New! Masters of Money: Three Economists Who Changed the World
Item# 51973
© 2012
148 Min.
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Can the great thinkers who shaped the economic landscape of the 20th century (and in the process its social and political contours) offer a clear path forward for the 21st? BBC economics editor Stepha...
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New! Doing Good: Empire—A British Chronicle
Item# 51985
© 2012
58 Min.
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As idealistic as it sounds, many argue that a desire for conquest can become a mission to improve the welfare of humankind. This program explores that notion, especially how it has played out in Afric...
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New! Empire: A British Chronicle
Item# 51980
© 2012
290 Min.
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Shakespeare wrote of England as a “precious stone set in the silver sea,” suggesting a nation content with its place in the world, but for others the “stone” held the luster of global power—and today...
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New! Making a Fortune: Empire—A British Chronicle
Item# 51984
© 2012
58 Min.
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God, glory, and gold—among those three motives for conquest, there’s little doubt about which shines brightest. This program shows how Britain’s hegemony began as a pirates’ treasure hunt, grew into a...
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New! Making Ourselves at Home: Empire—A British Chronicle
Item# 51982
© 2012
58 Min.
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To conquer and possess other lands is only one part of the empire-building equation—the other part is to make those lands (and their peoples) conform to the dominant culture. This program shows how tr...
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