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Cold War (1998) – S1, Ep20 Soldiers of God

Soldiers of God Afghanistan is a brutal war that costs the lives of almost 15,000 Soviet conscripts and an estimated[…]

Freeze As the United States absorbs the hike in OPEC oil prices and concerns for human rights in the East[…]

M.A.D. The USA and the USSR confront each other, each armed with nuclear weapons. Each side must deter the other.[…]

Vietnam Since the end of the French colonial rule, Vietnam has been divided. The north is run by Communists, the[…]

Cuba Contemplating U.S. missile power installed around the Soviet periphery, Krushchev decides to install short and medium range missilesin Cuba,[…]

The Wall Stalin’s death has brought about détente, but the fate of Germany is unresolved. West Germany is admitted to[…]

Sputnik In the mid-1950s, the Soviet Union seems to be forging ahead. In October 1957, the Soviet satellite Sputnik orbits[…]

After Stalin Thaw is conceivable with Stalin dead and Eisenhower in the White House. Stalin’s chief of secret police is[…]

Reds The world is polarized across an ideological divide. Following Stalin’s domination of Eastern Europe, and the loss of China,American[…]

Kiss of Death An affair with a queen could be an affair to remember, if you survived. France’s Marguerite of[…]