The Cold War Explained: Power, Fear, and the Nuclear Age

Описание: This documentary explores the Cold War, a global conflict that reshaped the modern world after World War II. Following the rise of the United States and the Soviet Union, the film explains how two former allies became ideological rivals, dividing the world between democracy and communism for nearly half a century.

Covering key Cold War events such as the Marshall Plan, Iron Curtain, Berlin Airlift, NATO and the Warsaw Pact, nuclear weapons and mutually assured destruction, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, McCarthyism, the Space Race, Sputnik, the Moon landing, and the Cuban Missile Crisis, this video breaks down how fear, power, and ideology drove the world to the edge of nuclear war.

The documentary also examines how the Cold War affected American society, global politics, military strategy, technology, and education, leading to moments of extreme tension as well as periods of détente. It follows the final chapter of the conflict through Gorbachev’s reforms, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.

Designed as a clear and factual history documentary, this video explains what the Cold War was, why it started, how it was fought, and why its legacy still matters today.