The End of the Cold War, the final episode in itshistorypodcasts.com’s Cold War series,
is out now..
The episode looks at what happened as a result of the changes that Gorbachev unleashed in the USSR.
Last time we saw how Cold War tensions rose before the world changed once more - the policies of Reagan and Gorbachev led to a breakthrough on nuclear weapons. However, it would be the reforms that came from the Eastern bloc that led to a world transformed and the end of the Cold War.
The Renewed Cold War,
episode 9 in itshistorypodcasts.com’s Cold War series is here..
The episode looks at how relations between the super-powers fell to levels not seen since the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Following growing tensions in the late 1970s, the Soviets invaded Afghanistan. This led to a large increase in US defense spending from US President Carter. But this wasn’t enough for many in the US, and a much more aggressive US-government led by Ronald Reagan came in to power. The consequences were a world where fear once again dominated people’s thinking.
