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- Bonus Video: Nuclear Submarine Officer
- General Article: Carter's "Crisis of Confidence" Speech
- General Article: The Election of 1980
- Biography: Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill
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- Bonus Video: The Camp David Accords
Jimmy Carter's story is one of the greatest dramas in American politics. In 1980, he was overwhelmingly voted out of office in a humiliating defeat. Over the subsequent two decades, he became one of the most admired statesmen and humanitarians in America and the world. Jimmy Carter, part of AMERICAN EXPERIENCE’s award-winning Presidents series, traces his rapid ascent in politics, dramatic fall from grace and unexpected resurrection.
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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.
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The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
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George Washington - The Man Who Wouldn't Be King
Before he became the first U.S. president, service to the colonies would profoundly change George Washington.
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The Mormons
From Joseph Smith's discovery of gold tablets to persecution, migration, and settlement in Utah, the film explores the history of the most American of religions.
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The Bombing of Germany
During the defining months of the offensive against Germany, American forces faced a moral and strategic dilemma.
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