Talk:Condor (Jericho episode)

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[edit] Text books

There were some details pertaining to the Cold War, Vietnam war, etc. What were they? What were the examples of history being "rewritten".

This information for me would give incredible insight in what direction the government in the show is heading.

-G

From memory it was things like "we failed because we didn't launch during the cuban missile crisis, and because we pulled out of vietnam too early". -- Chuq (talk) 11:16, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Here's the complete text of the history book's "Table of contents" page shown in that episode:

Unit 10

The Decline and Fall of the First Republic

1945 - Present:

How weak policies led to the demise of the United States.

Chapter 29: A Time of Challenge and Change

Section 1 The Search for Peace

Section 2 The Cold War Begins

Section 3 War in Korea

Chapter Summary and Review

Chapter 30: The Failure of the Cuban Missile Crisis:

The lack of action against the Soviet Union.

Section 1 New Challenges

Section 2 The Kennedy Administration

Section 3 Struggles at Home

Chapter Summary and Review

Chapter 31: Vietnam: The premature withdrawal of

troops in 1975.

Section 1 The Nixon Administration

Section 2 New Movements to Change

Section 3 The Politics of Protest

Section 4 Nixon's Foreign Relations

Section 5 The Watergate Scandal

Chapter Summary and Review

-- Der Hans 21:32, 26 April 2008 (UTC)