Kenneth Branagh
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Series SeasonSeason 1 episodes1998
Cold War
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Episode 146 min1998-09-19
Comrades (1917-1945)
Despite their ideological differences, the United States and the Soviet Union become allies in the wars against Germany.
Episode 246 min1998-09-26
Iron Curtain (1945–1947)
Stalin begins to spread communism across Europe after the war ends, and tension grows between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Episode 346 min1998-10-03
Marshall Plan (1947–1952)
The United States offers assistance to countries that reject communism after Great Britain halts aid to Turkey and Greece.
Episode 446 min1998-10-10
Berlin (1948–1949)
Berlin is divided into two separate cities, and Europe itself splits as the countries align themselves with the opposing major powers.
Episode 546 min1998-10-17
Korea (1949–1953)
A Chinese civil war between the factions of Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-Shek brings the armed forces of the United States onto the battlefield to oppose communism.
Episode 646 min1998-10-31
Reds (1948–1953)
A look at the period in which Stalin securely dominated eastern Europe, China embraced communism, and anti-communist hysteria spread in the United States.
Episode 746 min1998-11-07
After Stalin (1953–1956)
Stalin's death brings hope that tensions will ease between the Soviet Union and the United States, and Nikita Khrushchev becomes the new Soviet Leader.
Episode 846 min1998-11-14
Sputnik (1949–1961)
The Soviet Union launches its first satellite into orbit while the United States' own space program lags behind.
Episode 946 min1998-11-21
The Wall (1958–1963)
The Soviet Union solves the problem of people leaving East Germany to the free West by stopping open transit and building a secured ring around West Berlin.
Episode 1046 min1998-11-28
Cuba (1959–1962)
President Kennedy confronts Kruschev when the Soviet Union begins to deploy nuclear missiles in Cuba
Episode 1146 min1998-12-12
Vietnam (1954–1968)
The United States continues its containment of communism by becoming involved in Vietnam's ongoing struggle, leading to enormous public disapproval of the policy.
Episode 1246 min1998-12-12
MAD (1960–1972)
A look at how technology shaped the politics of the Cold War era, including the United States' Mutual Assured Destruction strategy and the introduction of missiles with multiple payloads.
Episode 1346 min1999-02-13
Make Love Not War (The 60s)
An examination of the effects of the Cold War upon the populace, including civil rights movements and protests that led to policy changes.
Episode 1446 min1999-02-20
Red Spring (The 60s)
The Soviet Union continues its aggressive European policy by invading Czechoslovakia and crushing the Prague Spring Revolution.
Episode 1546 min1999-02-27
China (1949–1972)
The history of communism in China, from Mao Tse-tung's victory to President Nixon's trip to China in 1972.
Episode 1646 min1999-03-06
Detente (1969–1975)
A look at the era of detente that resulted in cooperation and exchange between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Episode 1746 min1999-03-13
Good Guys, Bad Guys (1967–1978)
An examination of how the major powers fought by proxy in different areas of the world throughout the era.
Episode 1846 min1999-03-20
Backyard (1954–1990)
The United States utilizes different ways to fight the spread of communism in its own hemisphere, from Guatamala to Grenada.
Episode 1946 min1999-03-27
Freeze (1977–1981)
Unrest in Eastern Europe and the Oil Crisis threatens to undermine the progress made by detente.
Episode 2046 min1999-04-11
Soldiers of God (1975–1988)
An examination of the effects of religious fundamentalism upon the United States and the Soviet Union's foreign policies.
Episode 2146 min1999-04-18
Spies (1944–1994)
A look at the hidden front of the Cold War involving subterfuge and secret intelligence gathering.
Episode 2246 min1999-04-25
Star Wars (1981–1988)
The Soviet Union's economy falters as it struggles to keep up in the arms and technology race.
Episode 2346 min1999-05-02
The Wall Comes Down (1989)
The Soviet Union loses its grip on Eastern Europe as the Berlin Wall comes down and the Cold War comes to an end.
Episode 2446 min1999-05-09
Conclusions (1989–1991)
The Cold War era comes to an end as the Soviet Union's empire falls and new policies are implemented by Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin.
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