The Untold History Of The United States Av Oliver Stone, Peter Kuznick

<p><b>''This is not history for history''s sake, however ¿ this is the history of our present and future, long beyond cold war, into war on terror, war on drugs''</b><b>Ed Vulliamy, <i>Guardian<br></i></b><br><i>The Untold History of the United States </i>is filmmaker Oliver Stone and historian Peter Kuznick¿s riveting landmark account of the rise and decline of the American empire ¿ the most powerful and dominant nation the world has ever seen. Probing the dark corners of the administrations of 17 presidents, from Woodrow Wilson to Barack Obama, they dare to ask just how far the US has drifted from its founding democratic ideals.<br><br>Beginning with the bloody suppression of the Filipino struggle for independence and spanning the two World Wars, it documents how US administrations have repeatedly intervened in conflicts on foreign soil, taking part in covert operations and wars in Latin American, Asia and the Middle East. At various times it has overthrown elected leaders in favour