Actor Oliver Stone (1946)

In 2012, filmmaker Oliver Stone released a groundbreaking documentary series called The Untold History of the United States (2012–2013). Alongside historian Peter Kuznick, director of American University’s Nuclear Studies Institute, Stone delves into the complex reasons behind the Cold War, the controversial decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan, and America’s evolving role in the world since the fall of Communism. This project, which began in 2008, was co-written by