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Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Dan Rather Remembers 9/11 is a special broadcast hosted by the man who was watched by tens of millions of viewers on the day America was attacked. This video shares his personal recollections as well as poignant stories about how much our country has changed and sacrificed in the last decade.
24) Car Bomb
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
The decisive weapon of the 20th century is the car bomb. You can defeat a superpower, start a civil war or just blow up your own government with a trunk-load of explosives and a battered old car. In this film, ex-CIA agent Robert Baer—whose life was depicted by George Clooney in the Oscar-winning movie Syriana—uncovers the history of this extraordinary weapon for the first time.
25) Confronting ISIS
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Investigate the U.S.-led efforts to degrade and destroy ISIS. Reporting from Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan and Turkey, the film examines the successes, failures and challenges of the fight as ISIS loses ground in the region but strikes out abroad.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
On September 11, 2001, an unimaginable horror unfolded that devastated a nation and the world. Fifteen years later, we are still gripped by terror, but it has transformed. The attacks have been coming fast and furious—to Boston, Paris, Brussels, San Bernardino, Orlando, Nice— but they are no longer commanded by a central entity. This is terrorism in the age of the Internet: crowd-sourced violence. In this special report, NOVA traces the evolution...
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
Arabic
Description
Meeting Resistance is a daring, eye-opening film that raises the veil of anonymity surrounding the Iraqi insurgency by meeting face to face with individuals who are passionately engaged in the struggle against coalition forces. It documents for the first time the sentiments experienced and actions taken by a nation's citizens when their homeland is occupied. With unique insight into the people involved in the resistance, this acclaimed film explodes...
30) Terror In Europe
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Go inside Europe's fight against the rise of Islamist terrorism. As Europe reels from a terror onslaught, top counter-terror officials describe their struggle to contain the unprecedented threat revealed by attacks in France and Belgium.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
This edge-of-your-seat documentary special explores the disturbing rise of cyber conflict and how it has evolved into the primary way nations sabotage one another. Based on a best-selling book by New York Times national security correspondent David E. Sanger, The Perfect Weapon explores the rise of cyber conflict as the primary way nations now compete with and sabotage one another. Directed by Emmy®-winning filmmaker John Maggio (HBO’s Panic: The...
32) The Jihadist
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A powerful Syrian militant called a terrorist by the U.S seeks a new relationship with the West. In his first interview with a Western reporter, former al Qaeda commander abu Mohammed al Jolani says his fight is with Assad, not the U.S.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
With cyber threats and ransomware on the rise globally, the Biden administration has enlisted America’s tech titans to help blunt their effects. Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, are all in discussions with Washington over how to strengthen the nation’s critical infrastructure defenses against a growing array of both private and state-sponsored attacks. Skeptics question just how much can be achieved, given how connected U.S. society has become,...
Pub. Date
[2012], c1999
Language
English
Description
This collection of significant speeches given by Ronald Reagan during his presidency focuses primarily on the Cold War, U.S./Soviet relations, and the Iran-Contra Affair. A part of the series Ronald Reagan: Great Communicator Series, from The WPA Film Library Speeches Collection.
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
With the end of the Cold War, the victory of liberal democracy seemed final. Observers declared the end of history, confident in a peaceful, globalized future. This faith was misplaced. Authoritarianism returned to Russia, as Putin found fascist ideas that could be used to justify rule by the wealthy. In the 2010s, it has spread from east to west, aided by Russian warfare in Ukraine and cyberwar in Europe and the United States. Russia found allies...
Series
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Every decade has its share of important events. But in this completely engrossing series we bring you only the best, the most far-reaching, the most worldly, and the most consequential. You will see a unique clarity of history through the "most privy" in insider accounts and expert witnesses. Events include: Adolf Eichmann, The Berlin Wall, The Cuban Missile Crisis, The Assassination Of U.S. President Kennedy, The "Loudmouth": Cassius Clay, A Royal...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
One of the most celebrated, beloved entertainers of the wartime era takes off from England in heavy fog, heading to France to entertain troops. His plane vanishes. Glenn Miller’s disappearance is perhaps the biggest mystery and cold case of World War II. This History Detectivesinvestigation contains a great deal of new information: Miller’s pilot was a rank novice who had never flown over the English Channel, never mind in appalling weather; documents...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
This program is a fascinating documentary that looks at the hard questions American foreign policy leaders face in dealing with today’s rapidly changing world order. Just how deeply entangled should America be in the world’s affairs? What alternatives are there to being the world’s policemen? Is there really a downside to retreat? And in the absence of the U.S., how might global order be maintained—or destroyed? Based on the book America in...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
Geopolitical tensions continue to increase between Russia and United States. Twenty-five years after the fall of the Soviet Union, the term "new Cold War" appeared on the international scene. Are the Russians and Americans becoming the belligerents of this new conflict? To understand this phenomenon, Thibault will ride a bike from Moscow to Washington for 6 months and travel more than 20,000 kilometers. During this odyssey, he will give free speech...
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