00.00 – 03.32
An introduction to the Cold War, with footage from President Nixon's visit to Moscow in 1959.
03.33 – 09.17
The arms race between the Soviet Union and USA and we hear about the concept of 'Brinkmanship'.
09.18 – 13.28
The Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.
13.29 – 15.47
The fates of Kennedy and Khrushchev in the wake of the crisis.
15.48 – 18.32
In Guatemala, we learn how communism was overthrown by rebels with the backing of the USA.
18.33 – 22.01
Niall shows us how the Cold War was played out by proxy in third world countries around the world.
22.02 – 27.34
We learn of the CIA-backed violence in Guatemala and other Latin American countries, and the role of ethnicity in civil wars.
27.35 – 30.10
At the end of the 1960s, America changes Cold War tactics as Henry Kissinger leads the new policy of diplomacy.
30.11 – 36.33
The American state visit to China in 1972, and the arms control pacts between the Soviet Union and USA.
36.34 – 39.50
We learn how China became another superpower.
39.51 – 46.38
In Cambodia, we see the brutal actions of the Khmer Rouge and its leader Pol Pot, and learn how the superpowers were instrumental in this conflict.
46.39 – 47.32
In summary, Niall concludes that although the Cold War maintained peace at home for the superpowers, in the third world the wars were horrendous.
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