The Nuke War We Nearly Had in '83
"Today, the 1980s are remembered as the decade in which American strength and determination under the presidency of Ronald Reagan led to the final collapse of communism and the liberation of eastern Europe. Yet the world nearly paid a terrible price for Reagan's uncompromising stand against the 'evil empire' in the early 80s."
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Torn Curtain: The Secret History of the Cold War
This is Part One of the radio doco series Torn Curtain:
"We all know now that the cold war ended, not with a bang, but the popping of champagne corks at the Berlin Wall. But since the collapse of communism, a whole secret history has emerged from the shadows.
"Since the crumbling of the Soviet Union, historians working in the former Soviet and eastern European archives have uncovered an extraordinary harvest of new insights into the cold war. At the same time, declassified documents from sources such as the CIA and the National Security Archive in the United States have revealed a similar hidden history. Complementing these sources on both sides of the Iron Curtain are the first-hand accounts of former spies, senior intelligence officials, politicians and diplomats.
"Torn Curtain synthesises these new insights into an alternative, iconoclastic narrative of cold war history – based on hard evidence from formerly secret sources. We lay some old cold war controversies to rest, and ignite new ones."
"Today, the 1980s are remembered as the decade in which American strength and determination under the presidency of Ronald Reagan led to the final collapse of communism and the liberation of eastern Europe. Yet the world nearly paid a terrible price for Reagan's uncompromising stand against the 'evil empire' in the early 80s."
Listen
Torn Curtain: The Secret History of the Cold War
This is Part One of the radio doco series Torn Curtain:
"We all know now that the cold war ended, not with a bang, but the popping of champagne corks at the Berlin Wall. But since the collapse of communism, a whole secret history has emerged from the shadows.
"Since the crumbling of the Soviet Union, historians working in the former Soviet and eastern European archives have uncovered an extraordinary harvest of new insights into the cold war. At the same time, declassified documents from sources such as the CIA and the National Security Archive in the United States have revealed a similar hidden history. Complementing these sources on both sides of the Iron Curtain are the first-hand accounts of former spies, senior intelligence officials, politicians and diplomats.
"Torn Curtain synthesises these new insights into an alternative, iconoclastic narrative of cold war history – based on hard evidence from formerly secret sources. We lay some old cold war controversies to rest, and ignite new ones."
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