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The Cold War is over, but what it left behind may surprise you.
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Cold War
Cold WarVideo Clip (2:31)
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The Cold War is over, but what it left behind may surprise you.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal
Franklin D. Roosevelt's New DealVideo Clip (1:54)
Video Clip (1:54)
How did President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal get the American economy back on track, and which components still have a major impact on today's society?
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Deconstructing History: Berlin Wall
Deconstructing History: Berlin WallVideo Clip (2:27)
Video Clip (2:27)
For 30 years, the Berlin Wall was the defining symbol of the Cold War, separating families and keeping the people from jobs and opportunity in the west.
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Eisenhower Leads America
Eisenhower Leads AmericaVideo Clip (3:21)
Video Clip (3:21)
This five-star general and 34th U.S. president launched the Space Race and created the federal interstate highway system.
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The Road to War
The Road to WarVideo Clip (2:40)
Video Clip (2:40)
Over 25 years, the Vietnam conflict escalated from an attempt to stop the spread of communism into a full-scale war.
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History Rewind: Red Spy Films Chambers Farm Yields Top Secret Documents
History Rewind: Red Spy Films Chambers Farm Yields Top Secret DocumentsVideo Clip (0:55)
Video Clip (0:55)
In a History Rewind video, Council for the Un-American Affairs Committee and Congressman Nixon examine microfilm, a state department document found on the farm of Whittaker Chambers, self-confessed one-time Communist spy.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Denies Communist Agenda
Franklin D. Roosevelt Denies Communist AgendaVideo Clip (1:35)
Video Clip (1:35)
Find out how Franklin D. Roosevelt responded to being called a communist by his detractors during his 1936 presidential campaign.
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Nixon: Communism within the U.S.
Nixon: Communism within the U.S.Video Clip (1:38)
Video Clip (1:38)
The Cold War was a serious issue that engulfed the United States. Coupled with this war was the fear of communism in the United States. This fear became a central issue between Kennedy and Nixon. Hear their debate in this History Channel video.
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Kennedy: Communism within the U.S.
Kennedy: Communism within the U.S.Video Clip (0:50)
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Senator John F. Kennedy talks about the internal threat that communism poses to national security. Kennedy describes that these internal factions are serious and should be taken care of by supporting laws that the U.S. has already passed.
Photo Galleries (6)
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Cold War: American Leaders
Cold War: American Leaders(13 Photos)
13 Photos
From 1945 until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, U.S. presidents and politicians developed strategies to limit the spread of communism.
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Communist Leaders
Communist Leaders(12 Photos)
12 Photos
During the 20th century, the worldwide spread of communism took many different forms under the direction of each country's leadership.
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Russian Rulers
Russian Rulers(18 Photos)
18 Photos
From the Romanovs to Revolution and beyond, discover the rulers and politicians behind Russia's tumultuous history.
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Korean War
Korean War(15 Photos)
15 Photos
On June 25, 1950, the Korean War began when communist North Korea invaded South Korea. The United States, fighting under United Nations command, would lose more than 36,000 soldiers in one of the first clashes of the Cold War.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower(19 Photos)
19 Photos
See pictures from the life and presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman(19 Photos)
19 Photos
See pictures from the life and presidency of Harry S. Truman.
Speeches & Audio (9)
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The Hollywood 10 Placed on Blacklist
The Hollywood 10 Placed on BlacklistAudio Clip (1:40)
Audio Clip (1:40)
A New York report describes the fate of the 10 movie directors and writers who appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee in October 1947 and refused to answer questions regarding their suspected communist affiliations.
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Charlie Chaplin Leaves U.S. Under Pressure
Charlie Chaplin Leaves U.S. Under PressureAudio Clip (0:36)
Audio Clip (0:36)
A September 21, 1952, broadcast describes Charlie Chaplin's departure from the United States. The movie star was forced out of the country for suspected communist sympathies
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Execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
Execution of Julius and Ethel RosenbergAudio Clip (2:48)
Audio Clip (2:48)
Broadcast just 15 minutes before the execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg on June 19, 1953, a news report recounts the last-minute U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning a stay of execution for the pair. The Rosenbergs were the first U.S. citizens to be executed for espionage after their conviction for transmitting atomic bomb secrets to the Soviet Union.
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McCarthy Defends His War on Communism
McCarthy Defends His War on CommunismAudio Clip (12:40)
Audio Clip (12:40)
In March 1954, Sen. Joseph McCarthy appears before the Irish Fellowship Club of Chicago to discuss the continuing threat of Communism.
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McCarthy Questioned on Anti-Communist Investigation
McCarthy Questioned on Anti-Communist InvestigationAudio Clip (3:38)
Audio Clip (3:38)
In a 1953 episode of NBC's "Meet the Press," Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy is questioned by a panel of reporters on his role as the new chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.
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Army-McCarthy Hearings
Army-McCarthy HearingsAudio Clip (1:02)
Audio Clip (1:02)
On June 9, 1954, two-thirds of the way into the 36-day televised Army-McCarthy hearings in which Sen. Joseph McCarthy argued that the U.S. Army was harboring communists, the investigation hits a turning point. When Joseph Welch, the Army's special counsel, accuses McCarthy of having "no sense of decency," the tide of public opinion turns and McCarthy's career is eventually ruined.
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Margaret Chase Smith Denounces McCarthy
Margaret Chase Smith Denounces McCarthyAudio Clip (0:39)
Audio Clip (0:39)
In protest to Sen. Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist crusade, Republican Sen. Margaret Chase Smith presents, on June 1, 1950, her "Declaration of Conscience" and delivers one of the most memorable speeches of her career.
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Adlai Stevenson Rejects Communist China's U.N. Admission
Adlai Stevenson Rejects Communist China's U.N. AdmissionAudio Clip (1:49)
Audio Clip (1:49)
On Dec. 1, 1961, U.N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson debates the admission of the People's Republic of China (PRC) into the U.N. by pointing out the communists' "impossible demands" of expelling the Republic of China (ROC) from the U.N. and allowing China's takeover of Taiwan.
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Earl Browder Runs for President on a Communist Party Ticket
Earl Browder Runs for President on a Communist Party TicketAudio Clip (1:06)
Audio Clip (1:06)
Earl Browder, who was the Communist party's candidate in 1936 and 1940, reaches out to progressives in a speech on the campaign trail. While appealing a passport forgery conviction in 1940, he was forbidden to travel and thus ran his campaign exclusively out of New York.
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