All Episodes of Cold War

Season 1

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  8.4/1029 votes

  The Wall Comes Down (1989)

  Season 1 Episode 23 - 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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.2/1035 votes

  Cuba (1959–1962)

  Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/28/1998

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

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.1/1040 votes

  Marshall Plan (1947–1952)

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/1998

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

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.1/1034 votes

  Sputnik (1949–1961)

  Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/14/1998

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

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.1/1034 votes

  The Wall (1958–1963)

  Season 1 Episode 9 - 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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.1/1033 votes

  MAD (1960–1972)

  Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.1/1023 votes

  Conclusions (1989–1991)

  Season 1 Episode 24 - 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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.0/1053 votes

  Comrades (1917-1945)

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/19/1998

  Despite their ideological differences, the United States and the Soviet Union become allies in the wars against Germany.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.0/1032 votes

  Korea (1949–1953)

  Season 1 Episode 5 - 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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.0/1029 votes

  China (1949–1972)

  Season 1 Episode 15 - 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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.0/1033 votes

  Detente (1969–1975)

  Season 1 Episode 16 - 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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.0/1027 votes

  Soldiers of God (1975–1988)

  Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 4/11/1999

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

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.0/1030 votes

  Spies (1944–1994)

  Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 4/18/1999

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

  Director: Tessa Coombs

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.0/1027 votes

  Star Wars (1981–1988)

  Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 4/25/1999

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

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.9/1044 votes

  Iron Curtain (1945–1947)

  Season 1 Episode 2 - 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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.9/1037 votes

  Berlin (1948–1949)

  Season 1 Episode 4 - 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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.8/1038 votes

  After Stalin (1953–1956)

  Season 1 Episode 7 - 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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.7/1027 votes

  Good Guys, Bad Guys (1967–1978)

  Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 3/13/1999

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

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.6/1032 votes

  Reds (1948–1953)

  Season 1 Episode 6 - 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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.6/1028 votes

  Vietnam (1954–1968)

  Season 1 Episode 11 - 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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.6/1032 votes

  Make Love Not War (The 60s)

  Season 1 Episode 13 - 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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.6/1026 votes

  Freeze (1977–1981)

  Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 3/27/1999

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

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.5/1029 votes

  Red Spring (The 60s)

  Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/20/1999

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

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.5/1024 votes

  Backyard (1954–1990)

  Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 3/20/1999

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

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown