Cold War
Short History Of... The Cold War. Audio, 53 minutes
How did allies who came together to defeat the Nazis become sworn enemies?
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Archive on 4. War & Peace: The UN at 80. Audio, 57 minutes
At 80, does the peacekeeping organisation still have a role to play?
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- Posted8 October
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- Posted19 September
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- Posted20 August
Witness History. One man’s escape from McCarthyism. Audio, 10 minutes
In 1951, a US soldier defected to the Soviet Union during the anti-communist crackdown
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- Posted11 August
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- Posted8 August
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- Posted27 July
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- Posted20 July
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- Posted5 July
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- Posted15 June
Witness History. Ronald Reagan’s ‘Tear down this wall’ speech. Audio, 11 minutes
In 1987 the US President called on the Soviet Union leader to take down the Berlin Wall
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- Posted10 June
- Posted9 June
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- Posted23 May
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- Posted18 May
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- Posted17 May
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- Posted16 May
Witness History. The founding of the Warsaw Pact. Audio, 11 minutes
On 14 May 1955, eight Soviet countries met to sign the Warsaw Pact.
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- Posted13 May
Witness History. Intervision Song Contest. Audio, 10 minutes
In 1980, Finnish singer Marion Rung won Intervision, the USSR's answer to Eurovision
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Witness History. JFK’s 1963 Ich Bin Ein Berliner speech. Audio, 9 minutes
The US President spoke at the newly constructed Berlin Wall at the height of the Cold War
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- Posted2 April
