Cold War Stalemate

Revisit the four-plus decades of global tensions that gripped the world from the end of World War II to the fall of communism in 1990 with this six-part series about the Cold War. From the Berlin Airlift to the Cuban Missile Crisis, to the Vietnam War and the concept of "mutual assured destruction," this program also profiles the leaders who faced each other in these dangerous times--including Stalin, Mao, Churchill, Kennedy, Khrushchev, Castro, Gorbachev, Reagan, and Thatcher. 6 hrs. total on two discs. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English.