Special Features
- Interview: Experts Q & A: Zilinskas and Furmanski
- Bonus Video: Government Film: Dispersion
- Biography: Shiro Ishii
- General Article: Nixon Ends Biological Weapons Program
- Then & Now: U.S. Biological Weapons Research
- General Article: Operation Whitecoat
The international race to develop biological weapons during the 20th century, the challenges scientists faced, and the moral dilemmas posed by their eventual success.
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The Cold War and the nuclear arms race dominated American foreign policy for decades. Did fears of nuclear weapons affect your life? Should the U.S. have engaged in creating the world’s most powerful bombs? What is the most theatening weapon today?
The Lobotomist
A gripping tale of medical intervention gone awry, and one of the most barbaric mistakes of modern medicine.
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Daughter from Danang
The story of a Vietnamese mother, the Amerasian daughter she sent away for adoption, and their reunion 22 years after the Vietnam War.
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Coney Island
The internationally famous carnival of delights in New York was the birthplace of the hot dog and the roller coaster.
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Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern
A personal story of one family's dramatic effort to hold onto their family farm in Iowa as massive foreclosures sweep the nation in the 1990s.
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Race for the Superbomb
The U.S. and the Soviet Union race to build the hydrogen bomb during the Cold War, thus beginning the nuclear arms race.
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Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was the biggest and bloodiest single battle American soldiers ever fought.
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The Polio Crusade
The story of the polio crusade pays tribute to a time when Americans banded together to conquer a terrible disease.
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The World That Moses Built
Robert Moses fueled some of the most ambitious -- and controversial -- public works projects ever conceived.
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