Global View Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• 20th Century Cuba

  Jaime Suchlicki, William Leogrande and Dario Moreno offer differing perspectives on Cuba's history.

• The American Revolution

  Life in colonial America; the British view of the American Revolution; King George III; the French role in American independence; influence of the Declaration of Independence around the globe; Hawaii becomes the 50th state.

• Conquistadors and Chairman Mao

  Conquistadors Hernan Cortes and Francisco Pizarro topple the mighty Aztec and Inca empires.

• The Eastern Front

  The Eastern Front; professors Rob Citino and Maria Bucur-Deckard; author Constantine Pleshakov.

• Exploring Africa

  The history of African exploration; Tukufu Zuberi; John Thornton; James Sweet; Martin Dugard.

• The Fall and Rise of Berlin

  Berlin, from the dark days following the end of World War II to the construction of the Berlin Wall.

• The Fall of the Philippines

  The history of the U.S.-Philippines relationship, the war in the Pacific, the legacy of the conflict and Filipino independence.

• Five Battles that Changed the Modern World

  Battles that had the greatest impact on international events.

• How the British Navy Shaped the World

  The Royal British Navy; Afghanistan's mujahideen; gin; the Russo-Japanese War.

• India

  India's history; Mahatma Gandhi profile; Ambassador Nirupam Sen; Gandhi's visit to London; the Kashmir ceasefire.

• Ireland

  Ireland's ancient culture transforms itself from third-world status to one of Europe's wealthiest communities.

• Japan Opened to the West

  Commodore Matthew Perry's success in acquiring a trade pact with Japan.

• Libya

  Colonel Muammar Qaddafi balances Libya between Western interest and Islamic ideals competing for the profits of oil.

• Mercenaries

  Mercenaries provide a decisive advantage on the battlefield.

• Napoleon

  The public and private life of Napoleon Bonaparte, emperor of France; death of Charles de Gaulle.

• The Ottoman Empire

  The Ottoman Empire spans 600 years and three continents.

• The Ottoman Empire

  One thousand years of Islamic and Ottoman art.

• The Renaissance: The Birth of the Modern World

  The Renaissance reshapes the globe and pushes humanity forward; the printing press; Galileo's vision of the heavens; Leonardo da Vinci; the Wright flyer.

• The Renaissance: The Birth of the Modern World

  The Renaissance re-shapes the globe; Johann Gutenberg's printing press; Galileo's vision of the heavens; Leonardo da Vinci's works.

• Rise of Soviet Communism

  The Russian Revolution of 1917; the early days of Soviet communism.

• Russia, 1917

  The 1917 Russian Revolution impacts the rest of the 20th century.

• The South African War

  The British Empire fights the Boers in South Africa; modern media changes the face of war; apartheid.

• Sudan: Anatomy of a Crisis

  The minority Islamic government raids the African Darfur region of Sudan.

• Summer 1914

  In 1914 the age of European empires falls to a new era of global conflict; the assassination of Franz Ferdinand; the 1916 Allied retreat from Gallipoli.

• The Yalta Conference

  Historians Robert Dallek, Constantine Pleshakov and Fraser Harbutt; the legacy of the 1945 summit.