Product Description: At the end of World War II, the United States and Soviet Russia vied for dominance around the world. This contest was called the Cold War. Both Korea and Vietnam felt the full brunt of this conflict. Each country was divided into two ideologically opposing sectors; to the north, the Communists dominated, while to the south, the United States prevailed...read more

Product Description: Historians have said that World War II was a continuation of World War I - but with greater violence and less regard for the values of civilization. The Treaty of Versailles - which had officially ended World War I - had caused the European balance of power to swing wildly...read more

Product Description: In June 1812 the still-infant United States had the audacity to declare war on the British Empire. Fought between creaking sailing ships and armies often led by bumbling generals, the ensuing conflict featured a tit-for-tat "You burned our capital, so we'll burn yours" and a legendary battle unknowingly fought after the signing of a peace treaty...read more

Product Description: At 4:30 a.m. on April 12th 1861 Confederate forces fired upon a small Union garrison at Fort Sumter South Carolina. Thus began the Civil War during which twice as many Americans died as in World War II. It would be America's bloodiest conflict...read more

Original material by Joseph Stromberg, Edited by Wendy McElroy, Produced by Pat Childs What was the ultimate cost of World War II? For the Axis peoples, it was defeat, humiliation, and economic ruin. For the Allied peoples, the price was more subtle. They had instituted economic and social policies to pursue the war, and many of these struck to the very heart of liberty. Soon, hostility between two of the Allied powers, America and Russia, would blossom into the Cold War. The United States at War is a collection of audio presentations that review the political, economic, and social forced that have erupted in military conflict. They describe the historical context for each of the nine major U.S. wars and examine how a military conflict resolved or failed to resolve the forces that caused the war.

Product Description: Original material by Ralph Raico, Edited by Wendy McElroy, Produced by Pat Childs President Woodrow Wilson called World War I “a war to make the world safe for democracy.” But the conflict did not result in democracy or safety...read more

Product Description: Original material by Wendy McElroy, Edited by Wendy McElroy, Produced by Pat Childs This is the story of a war during which one American President was assassinated, another declined to seek re-election, and a third was discredited...read more

Product Description: From 1861 to 1865 America was caught in the convulsions of war—The Civil War. No historical event, short of the American Revolution itself, has so deeply affected the United States. The central question involved the nature of the union...read more

Product Description: Original material for The Korean War by Joseph Stromberg, Original material for The Vietnam War: Part I by Wendy McElroy, Edited by Wendy McElroy, Produced by Pat Childs At the end of World War II, the United States and Soviet Russia vied for dominance around the world...read more

Product Description: Original material by Joseph Stromberg (The Spanish-American War) and Ralph Raico (World War I), Edited by Wendy McElroy, Produced by Pat Childs By the turn of the twentieth century, the United States had evolved from a colony into an international power...read more

Leading academicians and world-renowned journalists argue that the real American Revolution was not the war with Britain, but rather the revolution of ideas which preceded and caused the war, as they explore the character and beliefs of 18th-century Americans and what caused them to rebel. Read by George C. Scott. Original.

Academicians and world-renowned journalists show how World War II was a continuation of World War I--but with greater violence and less regard for the value of civilization--and recount how Europe exhausted itself while two nations with conflicting ideologies rose to prominence: the US and the Soviet Union. Read by George C. Scott.

Compiled and scripted by top academic professionals and world-renowned journalists, this in-depth and fascinating look at these two conflicts shows how they relate to one another and how they eventually changed the face of world politics forever. Read by Geroge C. Scott.

Critically acclaimed actor George C. Scott narrates an illuminating overview of the political, social, and economic forces that led to outbreak of the American Civil War, examining the key ideas, events, and personalities of the period.

Product Description: This is the story of a war during which one American President was assassinated another declined to seek re-election and a third was discredited. It is the story of a war whose legacy remains with us today-just as the legacy of America's other wars has powerfully shaped our world...read more

Product Description: Historians have said that World War 2 was a continuation of World War 1- but with greater violence and less regard for the value of civilization. As Europe exhausted itself in yet another war, two new nations with conflicting ideologies were rising to prominence: the United States and the Soviet Union...read more

Product Description: Europe became deadlocked in a bloodletting frenzy. Soldiers bled and died to win a stretch of dirt which was quickly lost again. Officially neutral America was eventually drawn in. Of the harsh Versailles treaty that ended the war, a French representative declared: This is not peace...read more

Product Description: From the Spanish-American War, America acquired colonies in both the Atlantic and Pacific; she also acquired a taste for international politics. Then a world war erupted. The U.S. had a deep tradition of avoiding foreign wars but the Spanish - American War had changed things...read more

Product Description: At 4:30 a.m. on April 12th 1861 Confederate forces fired upon a small Union garrison at Fort Sumter South Carolina. Thus began the Civil War during which twice as many Americans died as in World War II. It would be America's bloodiest conflict...read more