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Cold War

Season 1 Episode 6: Reds

The world is polarized across an ideological divide. Following Stalin's domination of Eastern Europe, and the loss of China,American democracy succumbs to a bout of anti-communist hysteria, but survives it. Eisenhower is elected President.

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Comrades

1. Comrades

Aired: Sep 19, 1998

Though ideological enemies, the Soviet Union and the United States are allies...

Episode 2 Iron Curtain

2. Iron Curtain

Aired: Sep 26, 1998

The Soviet Union dominates Eastern Europe. Churchill warns about the conseque...

Episode 3 Marshall Plan

3. Marshall Plan

Aired: Oct 3, 1998

The United States adopts the Truman Doctrine--it will defend freedom, worldwi...

Episode 4 Berlin

4. Berlin

Aired: Oct 10, 1998

Berlin is a Western enclave in Eastern Europe. The Soviets blockade the city,...

Episode 5 Korea

5. Korea

Aired: Oct 17, 1998

Mao Zedong proclaims the People's Republic of China--the country is now lost ...

Episode 6 Reds

6. Reds

Aired: Oct 30, 1998

The world is polarized across an ideological divide. Following Stalin's domin...

Episode 7 After Stalin

7. After Stalin

Aired: Nov 6, 1998

Thaw is conceivable with Stalin dead and Eisenhower in the White House. Stali...

Episode 8 Sputnik

8. Sputnik

Aired: Nov 13, 1998

In the mid-1950s, the Soviet Union seems to be forging ahead. In October 1957...

Episode 9 The Wall

9. The Wall

Aired: Nov 20, 1998

Stalin's death has brought about détente, but the fate of Germany is unresolv...

Episode 10 Cuba

10. Cuba

Aired: Nov 27, 1998

Contemplating U.S. missile power installed around the Soviet periphery, Krush...

Episode 11 Vietnam

11. Vietnam

Aired: Dec 11, 1998

Since the end of the French colonial rule, Vietnam has been divided. The nort...

Episode 12 M.A.D.

12. M.A.D.

Aired: Dec 11, 1998

The USA and the USSR confront each other, each armed with nuclear weapons. Ea...

Episode 13 Make Love Not War

13. Make Love Not War

Aired: Feb 12, 1999

Western Economies grow and prosper, fueled partly by armaments production. Re...

Episode 14 Red Spring

14. Red Spring

Aired: Feb 19, 1999

In the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, denial of freedom and incentive stifl...

Episode 15 China

15. China

Aired: Feb 26, 1999

Chinese Communists are victorious in the longest civil war in 20th century hi...

Episode 16 Detente

16. Detente

Aired: Mar 5, 1999

The North Vietnamese overwhelm U.S.-backed forces in the South and the United...

Episode 17 Good Guys, Bad Guys

17. Good Guys, Bad Guys

Aired: Mar 12, 1999

Across the world, the two superpowers back surrogates engaging in ideological...

Episode 18 Backyard

18. Backyard

Aired: Mar 19, 1999

The United States has always regarded Latin America as its own back yard. In ...

Episode 19 Freeze

19. Freeze

Aired: Mar 26, 1999

As the United States absorbs the hike in OPEC oil prices and concerns for hum...

Episode 20 Soldiers of God

20. Soldiers of God

Aired: Apr 11, 1999

Afghanistan is a brutal war that costs the lives of almost 15,000 Soviet cons...

Episode 21 Spies

21. Spies

Aired: Apr 18, 1999

Even before the end of World War II, spies prepare for post-war world order. ...

Episode 22 Star Wars

22. Star Wars

Aired: Apr 25, 1999

Ronald Reagan pledges to defeat the "evil empire," but abhors the idea of nuc...

Episode 23 The Wall Comes Down

23. The Wall Comes Down

Aired: May 2, 1999

The dominoes fall: incredibly quickly, the Soviet bloc is breaking up, virtua...

Episode 24 Conclusions

24. Conclusions

Aired: May 9, 1999

The United States proves the stronger and the Soviet Union implodes. The bala...

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