Understand
James Naughtie examines the ideas tying America's founding to the modern United States.
Episodes (78 available)
How have Americans understood the connection between economic and democratic freedom?
43 mins
How has 'justice' been understood by different generations of Americans?
42 mins
The idea of freedom is foundational to America, but whose freedom, and what kind?
42 mins
Justin Webb looks at five big US foreign policy shifts, from Monroe to Trump.
2 mins
What is the 1823 doctrine, and how has it been used since by US presidents?
14 mins
What impact did WWII have on US policy towards the rest of the world?
14 mins
How did the Vietnam War change America’s foreign policy?
14 mins
How US policy changed towards the Soviet Union and the challenge of communism.
14 mins
How the September 11 attacks led to conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan.
17 mins