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Presidents at War

Presidents at War

142019•1h 24m•6.0/10
Documentary

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6.0/10(1)

Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. This is the story of how their war experiences change them, how they emerge from conflict as leaders and how the crucible of war shapes the decisions they make when they reach the White House.

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Production

RAW

Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

February 17, 2019

Last Aired

February 18, 2019

Networks

History

Trailers & Videos

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Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
A Call to Valor
E1
A Call to Valor
Air date: 2019-02-17
Night One of this epic event special follows these men through war in both the European and Pacific theaters, starting in December 1941 through late 1943, telling the story of their war experiences and how those experiences shaped them as leaders. In the Pacific, Johnson is nearly killed in a twist of fate, and JFK’s PT boat is blown up, Reagan becomes the popular face of the American soldier, Carter joins the US Naval Academy and Eisenhower moves from a rookie to a seasoned general as he leads the invasion of North Africa, Italy–and prepares for D-Day.
Their Finest Hours
E2
Their Finest Hours
Air date: 2019-02-18
From D-Day to the final Pacific Island hopping campaigns, we see what they experience and how that shapes them as leaders. Nixon faces a barrage of live fire, Bush is shot down in the Pacific, Ford faces kamikazes on the USS Monterey and Eisenhower takes on perhaps the greatest invasion in world history–the invasion of Normandy.

Cast

Carson Betz

George H.W. Bush

Bradley C. Miller

Bradley C. Miller

USS Monterey Officer

Jack Copland

Jack Copland

Paul Tibbets

Nicholas Combitsis

Nicholas Combitsis

Richard Nixon

Jacob Hogan

Jacob Hogan

John F. Kennedy

Mocean Melvin

Mocean Melvin

Narrator

David Pinard

David Pinard

Ronald Reagan

Brian Scott Carleton

Brian Scott Carleton

Reagan's Optomologist

Craig Cyr

Len

James Gagné

Gerald Ford

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