The Complete History of U.S. Wars 1700-2004 The Police Wars (Season 1, Episode 8)
TV Episode | 27 min | War

The Complete History of U.S. Wars 1700-2004

The Police Wars (Season 1, Episode 8)

TV Episode | 27 min | War

After experiencing a devastating defeat to Vietnam's military tactics, the later years saw the USA re-emerge as the single super power and police force of world conflicts.

Director

Scott Gordon

Writer

Mark Reeder

Producer

Ron Meyer

Composer

David Arkenstone (original music)

Cinematographers

Ron Arrowsmith (videographer) | Ron C. Meyer (videographer)

Editor

Lee Anderson

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Updated Jan 17, 2005

Release date

Jan 17, 2005 (United States)

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19 cast members

Name	Known for
George Kennedy Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Alphonse Keasley Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	National Parks Exploration Series: Great Smoky Mountains (2011)
Osama bin Laden Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
George Bush Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	41 (II) (2012)
George W. Bush Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Journeys with George (2002)
Dick Cheney Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Beyond 9/11: Portraits of Resilience (2011)
Daniel Ellsberg Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (2009)
Muammar Gaddafi Self (archive footage) (as Muammar Gadaffi) Self (archive footage) (as Muammar Gadaffi) See fewer	The Message (1976)
Mikhail Gorbachev Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Meeting Gorbachev (2018)
Saddam Hussein Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Long Days (1980)
Zedong Mao Self (archive footage) (as Mao Zedong) Self (archive footage) (as Mao Zedong) See fewer	The New China (1951)
Slobodan Milosevic Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Death of Yugoslavia (1995)
Richard Nixon Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Frost/Nixon (2008)
Manuel Noriega Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	FN - Globalt uppdrag (1995)
Colin Powell Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Madam Secretary (2014)
Condoleezza Rice Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	30 Rock (2006)
Donald Rumsfeld Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	4 (I) (2009)
Norman Schwarzkopf Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The American President (2000)
George Washington Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	In the Words of the Framers: The Creation of the Constitution