Special Features
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Interview
Author Tim O'Brien
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Primary Resources
A Warning to Japan Urging Surrender
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Bonus Video
Vets Remember: Ed Stewart
Clinton
A president who rose from a broken childhood to become one of the most successful politicians in modern American history, and one of the most complex and conflicted characters to ever stride across the public stage.
Jesse Owens
His stunning triumph at the 1936 Olympic Games captivated the world even as it infuriated the Nazis. Premiering May 1.
The Amish
Their intense faith and strict adherence to 300-year-old traditions have by turn captivated and repelled, awed and irritated, inspired and confused America.
Then & Now
Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
After World War II, physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer opposed to the creation of the hydrogen bomb, a weapon even more destructive than the atom bomb he had developed in the Manhattan Project.
My American Experience
Do You Have Any War Letters?
From the Civil War, to Vietnam, to World War II, and more contemporary conflicts, soldiers have been writing home from the front lines for centuries. Has anyone ever written to you from the battlefield? Do you have any war letters or stories about wartime correspondence to share with AMERICAN EXPERIENCE?
Series Blog
Olympic Solidarity and Controversy
In 1936 African American sprinter Jesse Owens amazed the world by breaking Olympic records and winning four gold medals in Berlin, the headquarters of Hitler's Nazi regime. However, in classic Olympic fashion, Owens became known not only for his athletic triumphs, but for his epic embrace with Aryan German competitor Luz Long and for the social barriers he broke down in the face of Hitler's Nazi regime. Rather than protesting "Hitler's Games," Owens used his position in the spotlight to display the greatness and compassion that can be achieved outside of the political and cultural constraints of society.
