The untold history of the united states also known as oliver stones untold history of the united states is a 2012 documentary and opinion series created directed produced and narrated by oliver stone about the reasons behind the cold war the decision to drop the atomic bombs and changes in americas global role since the fall of communism. The untold history of the united states is filmmaker oliver stone and historian peter kuznicks riveting landmark account of the rise and decline of the american empire the most powerful and dominant nation the world has ever seen probing the dark corners of the administrations of 17 presidents from woodrow wilson to barack obama they dare to ask just how far the us has drifted from its founding democratic ideals. The book the untold history of the united states is co authored by the hollywood filmmaker oliver stone and historian peter kuznick they are both north americans writing about their own country the book chronicles a riveting landmark account of the rise and decline of the american empire the most powerful and dominant force the world as ever seen it is a broad narrative that traverses the landscape of a century that the american magazine magnate henry luce declared would be the . This is not history for historys sake however this is the history of our present and future long beyond cold war into war on terror war on drugs ed vulliamy guardian the untold history of the united states is filmmaker oliver stone and historian peter kuznicks riveting landmark account of the rise and decline of the american empire the most powerful and dominant nation the world