
20th Century with Mike Wallace (History Channel/A&E)
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20th Century with Mike Wallace: Ronald Reagan and the Rise of the Right
Truther TV ArchivesSeason 3, Episode 13 - July 27, 1999 (season, episode and date may be incorrect) Examine the nation's historic shift to the Right because of one leader, who, with a generous spirit and oratorical mastery, was able to move a country in a new direction. Speechwriter Peggy Noonan and others are interviewed in this examination of Ronald Reagan, the man who led the nation's historic shift to the right.101 views -
20th Century with Mike Wallace: Riot! (1992 Los Angeles riots)
Truther TV ArchivesSeason 1, Episode 4 June 21, 1997 (season, episode and date may be incorrect) Police brutality in the Rodney King case and the riot following the verdict. Riot! In homes across America, there were images of unimaginable violence: four white police officers viciously beat a man on the ground. Years of accusations of police brutality suddenly became flesh and blood in a man named Rodney King.124 views -
20th Century with Mike Wallace: Military Debacles
Truther TV ArchivesSeason 2, Episode 23 August 3, 1998 (season, episode and date may be incorrect) U.S. military disasters, including Pearl Harbor, Korea, Vietnam and the Middle East, arise from political constraints. The politics and the high cost of not understanding the application of military power.85 views -
20th Century with Mike Wallace: Gang Violence in America
Truther TV ArchivesSeason 1 Episode 48 February 5, 1996 (season, episode and date may be incorrect) Gang expert Malcolm Klein is interviewed in this examination of the street wars and drive-by shootings happening across America. Gangs have been around as long as there have been cities and towns, but in the late 20th century there was an explosion of gang growth and not just in big cities.117 views 1 comment -
20th Century with Mike Wallace: Diplomacy and Conspiracy
Truther TV ArchivesSeason 6, Episode 1 February 21, 2002 (season, episode and date may be incorrect) President Richard Nixon's trip to China and the Watergate break-in News footage that captures the fateful events of Nixon's presidency, including excerpts from the Watergate hearings.86 views -
20th Century with Mike Wallace: McCarthy Reconsidered
Truther TV ArchivesSeason 3, Episode 22 September 2, 1999 (season, episode and date may be incorrect) New evidence suggests Sen. Joseph McCarthy's fears may have been justified. The infamous and long-controversial cases of Alger Hiss and Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, and the role of the American Communist Party in spying for the Soviet Union, and the dramatic rise and fall of Joe McCarthy.152 views 3 comments -
20th Century with Mike Wallace: The Changing Face Of Warfare
Truther TV ArchivesSeason 2, Episode 43 September 21, 1998 (season, episode and date may be incorrect) The way changes in weaponry have affected the way people wage war, focusing on guided weapons, stealth and anti-missile systems. Future wars will be won or lost because of the technology and information available to military commanders.92 views -
20th Century with Mike Wallace: The Iran Contra Scandal
Truther TV ArchivesSeason 2, Episode 27 August 17, 1998 (season, episode and date may be incorrect) Disclosures of covert arms sales to Iran rock the Regan administration; Oliver North; George Schultz. In 1986 Ronald Reagan was one of the most popular Presidents in American history. But all that was suddenly shattered by a series of startling disclosures.80 views -
20th Century with Mike Wallace: Mad Bombers (FALN, Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, 1993 WTC & OKC bombings)
Truther TV ArchivesSeason 3 Episode 25 Oct 4, 1999 (season, episode and date may be incorrect) George Metesky, the "Mad Bomber" who terrorized New York in the 1950s, and others who used bombs to advance their own agendas. A look into lone madmen and political activists who used bombs to terrorize the American public, and the difficulty law enforcement had tracking down these bombers who became more sophisticated and dangerous.102 views 1 comment -
20th Century with Mike Wallace: Hostage! (Hanafi Siege, Dutch school, Lebanon, Japan embassy Peru)
Truther TV ArchivesSeason 3, Episode 10 July 12, 1999 (season, episode and date may be incorrect) The massacre of the Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972 by members of the Palestine Liberation Organization set off a new wave of hostage taking for publicity that peaked in the 1970's and 1980's.73 views