Episode
Frontline: Return of the Great White Fleet
Overview
Profiling Navy Secretary John Lehman and the growing debate inside the Navy establishment to build a multi-billion-dollar fleet which critics warn may not be suited to the kind of wars the nation is most likely to fight.
Details
- Series
- Frontline
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 12
- Air date
- 1984-05-14
- Runtime
- 58 min
Episode context
Return of the Great White Fleet is Episode 12 in Season 2 of Frontline. It aired on 1984-05-14. The runtime is 58 min.
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