Aired: 9/19/1998
Despite their ideological differences, the United States and the Soviet Union become allies in the wars against Germany.
Aired: 9/26/1998
Stalin begins to spread communism across Europe after the war ends, and tension grows between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Aired: 10/3/1998
The United States offers assistance to countries that reject communism after Great Britain halts aid to Turkey and Greece.
Aired: 10/10/1998
Berlin is divided into two separate cities, and Europe itself splits as the countries align themselves with the opposing major powers.
Aired: 10/17/1998
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.
Aired: 10/31/1998
A look at the period in which Stalin securely dominated eastern Europe, China embraced communism, and anti-communist hysteria spread in the United States.
Aired: 11/7/1998
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.
Aired: 11/14/1998
The Soviet Union launches its first satellite into orbit while the United States' own space program lags behind.
Aired: 11/21/1998
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.
Aired: 11/28/1998
President Kennedy confronts Kruschev when the Soviet Union begins to deploy nuclear missiles in Cuba
Aired: 12/12/1998
The United States continues its containment of communism by becoming involved in Vietnam's ongoing struggle, leading to enormous public disapproval of the policy.
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.
Aired: 2/13/1999
An examination of the effects of the Cold War upon the populace, including civil rights movements and protests that led to policy changes.
Aired: 2/20/1999
The Soviet Union continues its aggressive European policy by invading Czechoslovakia and crushing the Prague Spring Revolution.
Aired: 2/27/1999
The history of communism in China, from Mao Tse-tung's victory to President Nixon's trip to China in 1972.
Aired: 3/6/1999
A look at the era of detente that resulted in cooperation and exchange between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Aired: 3/13/1999
An examination of how the major powers fought by proxy in different areas of the world throughout the era.
Aired: 3/20/1999
The United States utilizes different ways to fight the spread of communism in its own hemisphere, from Guatamala to Grenada.
Aired: 3/27/1999
Unrest in Eastern Europe and the Oil Crisis threatens to undermine the progress made by detente.
Aired: 4/11/1999
An examination of the effects of religious fundamentalism upon the United States and the Soviet Union's foreign policies.
Aired: 4/18/1999
A look at the hidden front of the Cold War involving subterfuge and secret intelligence gathering.
Aired: 4/25/1999
The Soviet Union's economy falters as it struggles to keep up in the arms and technology race.
Aired: 5/2/1999
The Soviet Union loses its grip on Eastern Europe as the Berlin Wall comes down and the Cold War comes to an end.
Aired: 5/9/1999
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.
