Nuclear armament of the U.S. and the USSR in the 1940s; establishment of NATO and the Warsaw Pact; the Space Race; the Cuban ...

The global superpower stand-off that brought the world to the brink of destruction. BBC Two's new Cold War Season explores the cultural and political impact of a conflict that divided the world.

The Americans probably didn’t mind our decision that much because the Cold War with Russia and world communism was winding down. Fast forward 35 years later and the Americans are back ...

The hijacking crisis of September 1970 occurred against the backdrop of a decades-long Cold War between the planet's two strongest nations. Although the United States and Soviet Union had begun ...