Cold War

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.

10/3/1998

The United States offers assistance to countries that reject communism after Great Britain halts aid to Turkey and Greece.

10/10/1998

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

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.

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.

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.

11/14/1998

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

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.

11/28/1998

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

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.

12/12/1998

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.

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.

2/20/1999

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

2/27/1999

The history of communism in China, from Mao Tse-tung's victory to President Nixon's trip to China in 1972.

3/6/1999

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

3/13/1999

An examination of how the major powers fought by proxy in different areas of the world throughout the era.

3/20/1999

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

3/27/1999

Unrest in Eastern Europe and the Oil Crisis threatens to undermine the progress made by detente.

4/11/1999

An examination of the effects of religious fundamentalism upon the United States and the Soviet Union's foreign policies.

4/18/1999

A look at the hidden front of the Cold War involving subterfuge and secret intelligence gathering.

4/25/1999

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

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.

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.