America becomes a global superpower; the economy and population boom. In the jet age and the space age, pioneers conquer new frontiers and run headlong into Cold War. The Challenger disaster and 9/11 are tragedies [...]
With inter-twining stories detalining the unscrupulous rules that govern foreign espionage after the Cold War, TRADE ROUTES is a brazen look at current international politics and American foreign policy. Set against an Eastern European nation’s [...]
A sweeping saga of bloodshed, betrayal and big business, this comprehensive collection of documentaries from HISTORY offers a cold-blooded examination of organized crime, from prohibition and WWII to the hitmen and women who are currently [...]
Developed in 1947 as an image to symbolize urgency in the Cold War and the threat of nuclear disaster, the mission of the Doomsday Clock has expanded to include non-nuclear global security issues. Maintained by [...]
SPIES – From Nathan Hale to Mata Hari to James Bond, the darkly glamorous world of spies and secret agents, whether real or fictional, heroic or criminal, continues to fascinate the public. Visit this clandestine [...]
Its forests stretch from Europe to the Pacific. Its winters have vanquished the mightiest armies ever mustered. Its people have borne the excesses of some of history’s most notorious rulers. RUSSIA: LAND OF THE TSARS [...]
In the late 1600′s, Tsar Peter the Great created a modern Russian navy virtually from scratch. Traditions grew through Russian Naval victories over the Swedes in 1721 and over the Turks in 1788 — with [...]
Dive deep into the dark heart of the mob with this definitive 4-disc set from HISTORY™ A sweeping saga of bloodshed, betrayal and big business, The Mafia offers a cold-blooded examination of organized crime in the [...]
At the end of World War II, few Americans dreamed that less than five years later the nation would once again be involved in a bloody overseas conflict. Yet June 25, 1950 marked the beginning [...]