Documentary

Presidents at War

6.0(1)

First Aired:February 17, 2019

Seasons:1 season

Episodes:2

Status:Ended

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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Cast

Carson Betz

George H.W. Bush

Bradley C. Miller

USS Monterey Officer

Jack Copland

Paul Tibbets

Nicholas Combitsis

Richard Nixon

Jacob Hogan

John F. Kennedy

Mocean Melvin

Narrator

David Pinard

Ronald Reagan

Brian Scott Carleton

Reagan's Optomologist

Craig Cyr

Len

James Gagné

Gerald Ford

Seasons & Episodes

E1A Call to Valor

84m

Feb 17, 2019

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.

E2Their Finest Hours

84m

Feb 18, 2019

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.