American Experience
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The Boys of '36
American Experience, TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.
Explore how America's quarter-century of unwavering support for its ally, the Shah of Iran, and the violent Islamic revolution that overthrew him in 1979, set the stage for the Iran hostage crisis.