Cold War

Stalin begins to spread communism across Europe after the war ends, and tension grows between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Berlin is divided into two separate cities, and Europe itself splits as the countries align themselves with the opposing major powers.

A look at the period in which Stalin securely dominated eastern Europe, China embraced communism, and anti-communist hysteria spread in the United States.

The Soviet Union launches its first satellite into orbit while the United States own space program lags behind.

President Kennedy confronts Kruschev when the Soviet Union begins to deploy nuclear missiles in Cuba

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.

The Soviet Union continues its aggressive European policy by invading Czechoslovakia and crushing the Prague Spring Revolution.

A look at the era of detente that resulted in cooperation and exchange between the United States and the Soviet Union.

The United States utilizes different ways to fight the spread of communism in its own hemisphere, from Guatamala to Grenada.

An examination of the effects of religious fundamentalism upon the United States and the Soviet Unions foreign policies.

The Soviet Unions economy falters as it struggles to keep up in the arms and technology race.

The Cold War era comes to an end as the Soviet Unions empire falls and new policies are implemented by Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin.