• The Cold War - Last Man Standing | 6

  • Jan 24 2018
  • Length: 41 mins
  • Podcast

The Cold War - Last Man Standing | 6

  • Summary

  • In the early 1970s, while trying to wind down the war in Vietnam, President Richard Nixon made overtures to Moscow and Beijing that would usher in a new era of the Cold War: Detente. But the thaw in relations didn’t last long - the Iran Hostage Crisis and Soviet invasion of Afghanistan set the old adversaries against each other once again. Throughout the Eighties, President Reagan took a hard line against the “Evil Empire,” ramping up military spending and rhetoric, and Americans were once again tense with nuclear anxiety.

    Until suddenly, it all changed.


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