The next show is a 24-part series that explores the complex relationships between the United States, the Soviet Union, and their allies from the end of World War II to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
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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