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First Aired: March 12nd, 2024

Status: Ended

Network: Netflix

Summary: With firsthand accounts and access to prominent figures around the world, this comprehensive docuseries explores the Cold War and its aftermath.

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Season 1

Episode 1: The Sun Came Up Tremendous

Air Date: March 12nd, 2024

Summary: During World War II, the US begins to work on a top-secret project that results in the atomic bombings on Japan — and a global conflict lasting decades.

Episode 2: Poisoning the Soil

Air Date: March 12nd, 2024

Summary: As communism takes off in Russia and China, Joseph Stalin begins his ruthless reign and the Soviet Union enters an era of terror.

Episode 3: Institutional Insanity

Air Date: March 12nd, 2024

Summary: Preparing for war against the Soviet Union, the US starts to test thermonuclear weapons. The CIA forms and interferes with global politics.

Episode 4: The Wall

Air Date: March 12nd, 2024

Summary: The US and Soviet Union get caught in a nuclear arms race. A wall divides Berlin. John F. Kennedy looks for a peaceful solution after a crisis in Cuba.

Episode 5: War Games

Air Date: March 12nd, 2024

Summary: With both sides planning for the worst-case scenario, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev find common ground. Tragedy strikes after a nuclear disaster.

Episode 6: Empire Is Untenable

Air Date: March 12nd, 2024

Summary: The USSR's grasp on Eastern Europe weakens as the Berlin Wall comes down and the Communist Party mounts a coup against a prominent Soviet Union leader.

Episode 7: The End of History

Air Date: March 12nd, 2024

Summary: A new Russian leader emerges, and the republics seek independence. As the Soviet Union dissolves, several powers sign a landmark treaty on nuclear arms.

Episode 8: Moscow Will Not Be Silent

Air Date: March 12nd, 2024

Summary: Russia struggles to find a national identity as Vladimir Putin comes to power. With the Cold War in the rearview, a war on terror begins.

Episode 9: We Are Not Dead Yet

Air Date: March 12nd, 2024

Summary: Russia invades Georgia and Ukraine, putting Putin under intense scrutiny. While disinformation thrives, threats of nuclear war persist.

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