It’s 1954 and relations between the United States and Russia are tense. Senator Joseph McCarthy has many Americans convinced that the Communists have infiltrated society. Paranoia runs rampant, as decent Americans lose their jobs on [...]
Despite the best efforts of the US government, legal and illegal, Fidel Castro still rules in Havana. The target of a protracted and often bizarre series of assassination attempts, he survived them all. Using unique [...]
He combined lofty idealism with deadly ruthlessness, forging an empire that changed the world. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin’s vision of communism transformed the Soviet Union into a world power and galvanized political unrest in countless other [...]
For over 25 years Pope John Paul II stood as the most popular pontiff in history, a spiritual compass to almost a billion Catholics worldwide, and a powerful symbol of peace to countless others. Considered [...]
He was a privileged youth who was drawn to Communism in France during the ’50s. When he returned to his own country, he led a violent, brutal regime that saw more than a quarter of [...]
A ruthless leader who became a god, Mao Tse Tung ruled one quarter of the world’s population for 25 years. Mao presided over the most radical experiment in social reform in history and is considered [...]
Made with the complete cooperation of former President George Bush, this intimate, feature-length profile is the autobiography he has never written! Hosted by renowned interviewer David Frost, GEORGE BUSH: A PRESIDENT’S STORY ventures from his [...]