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An introduction to and overview of our sixth season: the story of Angola, Cuba, and aparth... more

New episodes drop September 22. This season, Cuba sends an army to defend newly independen... more

Wounded but not destroyed, Cambodia staggers into the 21st century. Advertising Inquiries:... more

Vietnam ends Democratic Kampuchea and the US backs the Khmer Rouge. Advertising Inquiries:... more

Khmer Rouge horrors spiral toward conflict with an ex-comrade: Vietnam. Advertising Inquir... more

Cambodia slips into darkness, as the Khmer Rouge seize the country. Advertising Inquiries:... more

The short-lived reign of the Khmer Republic; the end of Nixon. Advertising Inquiries: <a h... more

One Cambodian coup, two US invasions and an unlikely American friend: China. Advertising I... more

Nixon and Kissinger put Cambodia on the menu. Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redc... more

Sihanouk struggles to keep Cambodia out of LBJ&#39;s war in Vietnam. Advertising Inquiries... more

Indochina rises up, the French Empire ends, the Cold War begins. Advertising Inquiries: <a... more

A prelude and a primer to this season&#39;s story: the tragedy of Cambodia. Advertising In... more

Donald Trump cuts a deal with the Taliban — and America begins its withdrawal. Advertising... more

The Obama administration promises victory in ‘The Good War.’ Advertising Inquiries: <a hre... more

America runs its war in Afghanistan on the cheap — and subcontracts to crooks, kingpins, a... more

The Bush administration unleashes the first war of the 21st century. Advertising Inquiries... more

The Afghan jihad spreads to Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. Advertising Inquiries: <a h... more

The warlord years, and the rise of the Taliban. Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://re... more

Operation Cyclone whips through Afghanistan — until a deal is finally struck. Advertising ... more

The USSR invades, and the Safari Club kicks things up a notch. Advertising Inquiries: <a h... more

The build-up to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https:... more

Welcome to Season 4: Afghanistan. Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/br... more

The armistice in Korea is supposed to be temporary. But a peace treaty never comes. As dec... more

Stalemate on the battlefield does not stop the United States from obliterating North Korea... more

President Truman and his “Big General in the Far East” enter their final standoff over the... more

The US threatens to cross the Yalu. The Chinese leadership debates its options in Korea. A... more

Gen. MacArthur executes his revenge. Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com... more

With a rightwing, US-backed klepto-case to his South, Kim Il-Sung bets the house. Advertis... more

The war before the war on a self-reliant island off South Korea. Soundtrack: [https://open... more