War & Conflict
NOVA
Follow the poignant, sometimes harrowing efforts of family members to learn the fate of pilots missing after dogfights over Korea. 5/23/2012 Continue
Washington Week
Is it just my imagination, or have politics and politicians grown smaller? I've been flirting with this conclusion after diving into two enjoyable presidential history books by night while covering 2012 politics by day. The books, Robert Caro's "The Passage of Power" and "The President's Club" by Michael Duffy and Nancy Gibbs, take us inside the West Wing in a way screenwriter Aaron Sorkin’s... Continue
National Memorial Day Concert
Learn how you can provide emotional and practical support to America’s severely wounded service members, who are struggling to get back to their lives as they once knew them. Continue
National Memorial Day Concert
Read personal stories and tributes to America's fallen heroes. Submit a remembrance, poem, photo or video of your own to honor a family member or friend who died in one of America's conflicts. Continue
Civilization: The West and the Rest with Niall Ferguson
The two-part series examines Niall Ferguson's six principles of prosperity: Competition, Science, Modern Medicine, Democracy, Consumerism, and Work Ethic. The first part focuses on competition, science, and property, comparing the historical trajectories of the West, China (competition), the Middle East (science), and Latin America (property). Continue
National Memorial Day Concert
Watch this special shout-out to our country's 43,000 service members who have been wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. Continue
Civilization: The West and the Rest with Niall Ferguson
What led the West to be so influential? And how long will the West sustain its supremacy? Premieres on Tuesdays, May 22 and 29, 2012 on PBS (check local listings). Continue
History Detectives
Our contributor has a map her father brought home from the battle of Iwo Jima. Her father says he found the map inside the jacket of a dead Japanese soldier. What is this map? And did it play a role in the battle of Iwo Jima? Continue
Antiques Roadshow
A painting of a Northern Pacific Railroad train that may once have graced a Fargo railroad station; a Civil War photo collection of members of Morgan's Raiders; and a collection of University of North Dakota pottery. 3/26/2012 Continue
Secrets of the Dead
Learn how close the Japanese came to using an advanced submarine for an attack on the U.S. 2/29/2012 Continue
To The Contrary
For the first time in U.S. history, white newborns are outnumbered by babies of color; the U.S. Army recently made history by officially opening jobs in combat battalions to women, but direct ground combat roles are still exclusive to men; To The Contrary travels to China to explore the role the U.S. Foreign Service plays in diplomacy overseas. Continue
NOVA
NOVA joins an exclusive dive beneath the waters of Pearl Harbor to trace new clues to the sinking of the USS Arizona. 5/23/2012 Continue
National Memorial Day Concert
Read the true love story of a young war widow who lost her husband in Afghanistan that was submitted to pbs.org. Learn how you can help other grieving spouses find the strength to rebuild their dreams. Continue
American Experience
Explore the history of an American president who rose from a broken childhood to become one of the most successful politicians in modern American history. 5/15/2012 Continue
National Memorial Day Concert
American Gold Star Mothers remember the sons they lost at war in this video. Please visit our Virtual Wall of Remembrance to submit a tribute to your fallen hero at: www.pbs.org/memorialdayconcert/stories/submit/ Continue
National Memorial Day Concert
Watch General Colin Powell welcome home our heroes from Iraq and Afghanistan and thank them for their service on the 2011 National Memorial Day Concert. Continue
POV
In a stunning milestone for justice in Central America, a Guatemalan court recently charged former dictator Efraín Rios Montt with genocide for his brutal war in the 1980s — and Pamela Yates’ 1983 documentary, When the Mountains Tremble, provided key evidence for bringing the indictment. Granito: How to Nail a Dictator tells the extraordinary story of how a film helped tip the scales of justice. Continue
Antiques Roadshow
A 1775 Revolutionary War canteen; an 1834 last will of Alamo fighter Ben Milam; and a 1787 Debbe Poor sampler - the oldest sampler on record from Andover, Massachusetts. 4/9/2012 Continue
American Experience
How Important is Military Service? Watch these one to three-minute clips from AMERICAN EXPERIENCE's Presidents Collection and connect today's election issues with the past. Continue
American Experience
Should the U.S. police the world? Watch these one to three-minute clips from AMERICAN EXPERIENCE's Presidents Collection and connect today's election issues with the past. Continue
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