Cold War: Series 1 and 2

Synopsis

Bridget Kendall presents an oral history tracing decisive moments of the Cold War.The Cold War is one of the furthest-reaching and longest-lasting conflicts in modern history. It spanned the globe - from Greece to China, Hungary to Cuba - and lasted for almost half a century. It has shaped political relations to this day, drawing new physical and ideological boundaries between East and West.Bridget Kendall explores the Cold War through the eyes of those who experienced it first-hand. This landmark series draws on exclusive interviews with individuals who lived through the conflict's key events, offering a variety of perspectives that reveal how the Cold War was experienced by ordinary people. From pilots making food drops during the Berlin Blockade and Japanese fishermen affected by H-bomb testing, to families fleeing the Korean War and children whose parents were victims of McCarthy's Red Scare, Cold War covers the full geographical and historical reach of the conflict. This is essential listening for anyone seeking to understand how the tensions of the last century have shaped the modern world, and what it was like to live through them.1. The Greek Civil War2. The Czech Coup3. The 1948 Election in Italy4. The Berlin Blockade5. The Fall of Shanghai6. The Korean War7. McCarthyism8. The H-Bomb9. The East German Uprising10. The Iran Coup11. Khrushchev’s Thaw12. The Hungarian Revolution13. The Congo Coup14. The Berlin Wall Crisis15. The Cuban Missile Crisis16. The Fall of Khrushchev17. The Chinese Cultural Revolution18. The Prague Spring19. America’s Vietnam War20. The Coup in Chile21. The Fall of Saigon22. Ostpolitik23. The Angolan Civil War24. The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan25. The Birth of Solidarity in Poland26. The New Cold War27. Gorbachev’s Perestroika28. The Fall of the Berlin Wall and German Reunification29. The Baltic Singing Revolution30. The Collapse of the Soviet Union