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2) Masaryk
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"Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, sometimes called Thomas Masaryk in English (7 March 1850?-14 September 1937), was an Austrian-Czech politician, sociologist and philosopher, who as an eager advocate of Czechoslovak independence during World War I became the founder and first President of Czechoslovakia. He originally wished to reform the Austro-Hungarian monarchy into a democratic federal state, but during the First World War he began to favour the abolition...
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Herbert Hoover was a politician and a humanitarian whose legacy has been largely defined by the Great Depression. When he was elected president in a landslide victory in 1928, Hoover had never before held public office. Even so, his humanitarian work and career as a mining engineer, businessman and U.S. Secretary of Commerce carried him to a win.When the stock market crashed on October 29, 1929, Hoover's agenda was derailed by the worsening economic...
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Woodrow Wilson came to political power in the United States at a time when many Americans were troubled by a seeming contradiction between the inherent premises and promises of American life and reality. For, as the nineteenth century gave way to the complexities of the twentieth, government was too often characterized by an ineffectiveness in dealing with international tensions and by an inability to resolve internal stress. To these problems Wilson...
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This program tells the story of Porfirio Diaz, a mestizo (racially mixed) man who climbed the ranks of the Mexican military, from valiant solider to trusty general, aligning himself as "Mexico's Father" during his Presidency. He was in power for 35 years during a time of prosperity and growth, but social inequalities.
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A study of the sociology of sports that offers a unique insight into not only the history of the modern Olympics but also the 20th-century "religion of Olympism" which made the games possible. Guttman describes how the games changed under the forceful leadership of Avery Brundage, who was involved with the Olympic Games for 60 years and was President of the International Olympic Committee from 1952 to 1972. A hero in many countries, especially Japan...
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"Manuel Azaña Díaz (Alcalá de Henares January 10, 1880 ? Montauban November 3, 1940) was the first Prime Minister of the Second Spanish Republic (1931?1933), and later served again as Prime Minister (1936), and then as the second and last President of the Republic (1936?1939). The Spanish Civil War broke out while he was President. With the defeat of the Republic in 1939, he fled to France, resigned his office, and died in exile shortly afterwards."--Wikipedia....
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In treating the man and the general with considerable sympathy but the candidate the President quite critically, the author may not please either Eisenhower's adherents or his opponents, but his view of Eisenhower as an unhappy captive of the hero-worshipping public is interesting and much of what he has to say is acute.
16) A Passionate Man
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Despite being remembered as the cold fish who tried and failed to establish the League of Nations, President Woodrow Wilson was in his time renowned for his innovative political ideas, moving oratory, and driving faith. This documentary traces Wilson's life from his boyhood in the Civil War and post-Civil War South through his career as an academic and on to his first 18 months in the White House. Of particular note are Wilson's struggles with dyslexia,...
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This program sheds light on the fascinating story of a president who knew how to harness the nation's grief over JFK's assassination, and become an unlikely champion of civil rights. The film includes rarely seen footage, secret White House tapes, and personal testimony from LBJ's advisors, biographers, friends, and family.
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