#1 | 09/19/1998Comrades (1917-1945)
Despite their ideological differences, the United States and the Soviet Union become allies in the wars against Germany.
#2 | 09/26/1998Iron 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.
#3 | 10/03/1998Marshall Plan (1947–1952)
The United States offers assistance to countries that reject communism after Great Britain halts aid to Turkey and Greece.
#4 | 10/10/1998Berlin (1948–1949)
Berlin is divided into two separate cities, and Europe itself splits as the countries align themselves with the opposing major powers.
#5 | 10/17/1998Korea (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.
#6 | 10/31/1998Reds (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.
#7 | 11/07/1998After 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.
#8 | 11/14/1998Sputnik (1949–1961)
The Soviet Union launches its first satellite into orbit while the United States' own space program lags behind.
#9 | 11/21/1998The 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.
#10 | 11/28/1998Cuba (1959–1962)
President Kennedy confronts Kruschev when the Soviet Union begins to deploy nuclear missiles in Cuba
#11 | 12/12/1998Vietnam (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.
#12 | 12/12/1998MAD (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.
#13 | 02/13/1999Make 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.
#14 | 02/20/1999Red Spring (The 60s)
The Soviet Union continues its aggressive European policy by invading Czechoslovakia and crushing the Prague Spring Revolution.
#15 | 02/27/1999China (1949–1972)
The history of communism in China, from Mao Tse-tung's victory to President Nixon's trip to China in 1972.
#16 | 03/06/1999Detente (1969–1975)
A look at the era of detente that resulted in cooperation and exchange between the United States and the Soviet Union.
#17 | 03/13/1999Good Guys, Bad Guys (1967–1978)
An examination of how the major powers fought by proxy in different areas of the world throughout the era.
#18 | 03/20/1999Backyard (1954–1990)
The United States utilizes different ways to fight the spread of communism in its own hemisphere, from Guatamala to Grenada.
#19 | 03/27/1999Freeze (1977–1981)
Unrest in Eastern Europe and the Oil Crisis threatens to undermine the progress made by detente.
#20 | 04/11/1999Soldiers of God (1975–1988)
An examination of the effects of religious fundamentalism upon the United States and the Soviet Union's foreign policies.
#21 | 04/18/1999Spies (1944–1994)
A look at the hidden front of the Cold War involving subterfuge and secret intelligence gathering.
#22 | 04/25/1999Star Wars (1981–1988)
The Soviet Union's economy falters as it struggles to keep up in the arms and technology race.
#23 | 05/02/1999The 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.
#24 | 05/09/1999Conclusions (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.