8 エピソード
1『Promises: Joseph Stalin - Harry S. Truman』
1『Promises: Joseph Stalin - Harry S. Truman』
1949 on the steps of Kazakhstan at a hidden test site in semi Pilates on the orders of Yosef Starling, the Soviet Union Detonates, its first atomic bomb. The explosion is immense, but the true impact is far greater. Since 1945, only US President Truman had the power to unleash such devastation once uneasy allies.
2『Changing of the Guard: Nikita Khrushchev - Dwight D. Eisenhower』
2『Changing of the Guard: Nikita Khrushchev - Dwight D. Eisenhower』
1953, the Soviet Union is in mourning. Joseph Stalin, a Titan of the Cold War is dead. As the communist leadership Joss for power, quiet, achieve, Nikita Khrushchev carefully lays his plans to take the top job. Meanwhile, across the Atlantic. Americans look to their first Republican president in 20 years, the war hero and fierce anti-communist, Dwight D. Eisenhower.
3『Confrontation: Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein - Robert Anthony Eden』
3『Confrontation: Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein - Robert Anthony Eden』
October 29th, 1956, Israeli paratroopers from the 890th battalion descended upon the Midler Pass in Egypt, Sinai Peninsula. Officially, this was a defensive operation against rising Egyptian hostilities, another chapter in the Arab-Israeli conflict. But beneath the surface, the truth was far more complicated.
4『Eyeball to Eyeball: John F. Kennedy - Fidel Castro』
4『Eyeball to Eyeball: John F. Kennedy - Fidel Castro』
17th of April, 1961. Just before dawn, an army of Cuban exile Storm, a deserted beach, determined to overthrow revolutionary leader Fidel Castro. Watching from Washington, the young and ambitious president John F. Kennedy has given the operation the green light.
5『Plans: Lyndon B. Johnson - Ho Chi Minh』
5『Plans: Lyndon B. Johnson - Ho Chi Minh』
1968, the Vietnam War reaches its destructive peak, the Tets offensive. A sweeping, coordinated assault by communist forces shatters any illusion of American progress. The cities are in flames and North Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh appears to hold the upper hand in Washington.
6『Detente: Richard Nixon - Mao Zedong』
6『Detente: Richard Nixon - Mao Zedong』
On the 21st of February, 1972, the leader of the free world touches down in the most populist communist state for a meeting of titans from opposing ideologies. Richard Nixon makes history by becoming the first sitting US president to visit mainland China, opening diplomatic talks with Chairman Mao.
7『Tensions Rising: Leonid Brezhnev - Jimmy Carter』
7『Tensions Rising: Leonid Brezhnev - Jimmy Carter』
November, 1979 in Tehran, a group of students gather outside the United States Embassy Iran's monarchy. Once the prized US ally is in serious trouble, as the Iranian revolution explodes, the students storm the embassy and 52 American diplomats are captured.
8『The End: Mikhail Gorbachev - Ronald Reagan』
8『The End: Mikhail Gorbachev - Ronald Reagan』
June 12th, 1987, US President Ronald Reagan stands at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate and delivers a powerful plea to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Mr. Gorbachev. Tear down this wall, one of the most iconic symbols of the Cold War designed to keep communism in and capitalism out can no longer contain progress towards peace.
