Chinese Communists are victorious in the longest civil war in 20th century history. Mao Zedong's reforms are popular, but in 1958, he embarks on a series of catastrophic changes. A famine that kills 30 million people follows.
Aired: Sep 19, 1998Though ideological enemies, the Soviet Union and the United States are allies...
Aired: Sep 26, 1998The Soviet Union dominates Eastern Europe. Churchill warns about the conseque...
Aired: Oct 3, 1998The United States adopts the Truman Doctrine--it will defend freedom, worldwi...
Aired: Oct 10, 1998Berlin is a Western enclave in Eastern Europe. The Soviets blockade the city,...
Aired: Oct 17, 1998Mao Zedong proclaims the People's Republic of China--the country is now lost ...
Aired: Oct 30, 1998The world is polarized across an ideological divide. Following Stalin's domin...
Aired: Nov 6, 1998Thaw is conceivable with Stalin dead and Eisenhower in the White House. Stali...
Aired: Nov 13, 1998In the mid-1950s, the Soviet Union seems to be forging ahead. In October 1957...
Aired: Nov 20, 1998Stalin's death has brought about détente, but the fate of Germany is unresolv...
Aired: Nov 27, 1998Contemplating U.S. missile power installed around the Soviet periphery, Krush...
Aired: Dec 11, 1998Since the end of the French colonial rule, Vietnam has been divided. The nort...
Aired: Dec 11, 1998The USA and the USSR confront each other, each armed with nuclear weapons. Ea...
Aired: Feb 12, 1999Western Economies grow and prosper, fueled partly by armaments production. Re...
Aired: Feb 19, 1999In the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, denial of freedom and incentive stifl...
Aired: Feb 26, 1999Chinese Communists are victorious in the longest civil war in 20th century hi...
Aired: Mar 5, 1999The North Vietnamese overwhelm U.S.-backed forces in the South and the United...
Aired: Mar 12, 1999Across the world, the two superpowers back surrogates engaging in ideological...
Aired: Mar 19, 1999The United States has always regarded Latin America as its own back yard. In ...
Aired: Mar 26, 1999As the United States absorbs the hike in OPEC oil prices and concerns for hum...
Aired: Apr 11, 1999Afghanistan is a brutal war that costs the lives of almost 15,000 Soviet cons...
Aired: Apr 18, 1999Even before the end of World War II, spies prepare for post-war world order. ...
Aired: Apr 25, 1999Ronald Reagan pledges to defeat the "evil empire," but abhors the idea of nuc...
Aired: May 2, 1999The dominoes fall: incredibly quickly, the Soviet bloc is breaking up, virtua...
Aired: May 9, 1999The United States proves the stronger and the Soviet Union implodes. The bala...
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