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U.S. Presidents 1953 - present

U.S. Presidents 1953 - present. Pop Culture: Politics of Media Literacy GHUM 1180. Professor Reeves Medaglia-Miller, Ph.D. Dwight Eisenhower. 34 th president 1953-1961 CIA overthrow of Iran Suez Crisis Formosa Revolution Coined ‘Military Industrial Complex’ Wiki link. John Kennedy.

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U.S. Presidents 1953 - present

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  1. U.S. Presidents1953 - present Pop Culture: Politics of Media Literacy GHUM 1180 Professor Reeves Medaglia-Miller, Ph.D.

  2. DwightEisenhower 34th president • 1953-1961 • CIA overthrow of Iran • Suez Crisis • Formosa Revolution • Coined ‘Military Industrial Complex’ • Wiki link

  3. John Kennedy 35th president • 1961-1963 • Cuban missile crisis • Pledged to dismantle CIA • Anti-military • Assassination victim • Wiki link

  4. LyndonJohnson 36th president • 1963-1969 • Escalated Vietnam War • The Great Society • Wiki link

  5. RichardNixon 37th president • 1969-1974 • Escalated Vietnam war • Focus of Watergate Scandal • Wiki link

  6. Gerald Ford 38th president • 1974-1977 • Member of Warren Commission • Ended Vietnam involvement • Pardoned Richard Nixon • Wiki link

  7. Jimmy Carter 39th president • 1977-1981 • 2002 Nobel Peace Prize • Blamed for failed operation to release embassy hostages in Iran • Wiki link

  8. Ronald Reagan 40th president • 1981-1989 • Iran-Contra scandal • Secret Afghan war • Employed Bin Laden • Began ‘Star Wars’ • Wiki link

  9. George H.W. Bush 41st president • 1989-1993 • Pardoned Ronald Reagan • Gulf War & The Highway of Death • The Bush Doctrine • Wiki link

  10. Bill Clinton 42nd president • 1993-2001 • NAFTA agreement • Bombing: Somalia, Bosnia (Serbia), Afghanistan, Sudan, Kosovo, Iraq • Wiki link

  11. George Bush 43rd president • 2001-2009 • Office of Special Plans • War on Terror • Afghan War • Iraq War • Patriot Act • Hurricane Katrina • Wiki link

  12. BarackObama 44th president • 2009-present • 2009 Nobel Peace Prize • Escalated Afghan War • Bombed Libya • Has used drones to conduct assassinations • Wiki link

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