The Cold War era was marked by political tension, espionage, and a nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet ...

and consequences of the Cold War remain foggy. How did the U.S. and USSR turn from indispensable allies to mortal enemies? Just how close did Earth come to nuclear armageddon? And why did the USSR ...

Nixon and Brezhnev, National Archives Mutually Assured Destruction The key weapon of the Cold War ... weapons might itself deter war, since both sides knew the consequences of direct conflict ...

Threads may not be the most popular war film, but its harrowing content is an immensely powerful testament to Cold War fears.

In the late 1940s, Arctic temperatures were warming and the Cold War was heating up. The U.S. military had grown increasingly nervous about a Soviet invasion across the Arctic. It built bases and a ...

Explain two consequences of ... (8 marks) Write a narrative account analysing the key events of... (8 marks) Explain two of the following: the importance of... (16 marks) ...

The early 1980s saw a resurgence of Cold War tensions to levels not seen since the ... and with the addition of more sophisticated nuclear weapons, a nuclear war with catastrophic consequences looked ...