Cold War Chapters

Former allies, America and the USSR fought a "Cold War" after the end of WWII. In 1962, their disagreements nearly caused a nuclear catastrophe. This collection explores the far-reaching impact of their disputes and rivalries.

On March 16, 1968 Robert Kennedy announceshe will run for president.

Nuclear energy creates radiation, which can make living things sick or even kill them.

The sailors sent to repair the leak suffer from radiation sickness and many of them die.

After 3 days and nights of fighting, the Air Force is able to assist the US soldiers by using guns, bombs and napalm.

South Korea forms a small operational defense force, and the North begins talks of invasion.

Rick "Hard Core" Rescoria jumps off a helicopter to rescue soldiers; on 9/11 he dies helping others escape from 2 World Trade Center.

The secrecy around Area 51, a U.S. base in Nevada, makes it the focus ofconspiracy theoriesand a central part of UFO folklore.

Rudolf Abel, born in England and given the name Willy Fisher, became well-known as a Soviet spy when he was captured, in the US, during 1957.

Rudolf Abel's main contact, in the U.S., was a hard-drinking individual who was indiscrete about his activities. Abel rightly worried that he could be...

Illegally entering the US from Canada, with a passport belonging to a deceased person, Rudolf Abel begins his life as a spy in America and settles dow...

The captain searches for nearby submarines to take his radiation-sick sailors.

A collection of French photographs shows Vietnam during the French rule.

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