Tag: Cold War
Secrets of the Cold War: The Spy Who Prevented Nuclear War | Spies of War Ep.3 | Documentary
Soviet officer Oleg Penkovsky saved the world from nuclear doom. His courageous actions during the Cold War helped defuse the Cuban Missile Crisis. In this Spies of War documentary, we delve deep into the life…
Russia, Soviet Union and The Cold War: Stalin’s Legacy | Russia’s Wars Ep.2 | Documentary
Russia’s turbulent history shows a series of devastating wars and merciless rulers. From the rise of the Bolsheviks to Stalin’s deadly purges – power and violence shaped Russia and the Soviet Union for decades. 1917…
U.S. Planned Nuclear First Strike to Destroy Soviets and China – Daniel Ellsberg on RAI (6/13)
U. S. cold-war nuclear plan called for all out attack on China, even if it was not involved in the war, says Daniel Ellsberg on Reality Itself with Paul Jay Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories…
The Discovery That Should Have Changed the Cold War – Daniel Ellsberg on RAI (9/13)
In 1958, then Senator John F. Kennedy claimed there was a “missile gapâ€, saying the USSR was far ahead in ICBM weapons; when satellite photos showed the astounding true number, it meant the USSR did…
Cold War Radar System a Trillion Dollar Fraud – Lester Earnest on RAI (1/5)
Profit and deception drove cold-war militarization, says Lester Earnest, founder of the Artificial Intelligence Lab at Stanford; Earnest says the anti-nuclear bomber SAGE radar system never worked and carried on for 25 years – Lester…
Trump and GOP Steeped in Corruption, as Corp. Dems Push Cold War Fever
Our weekly roundup panel looks at the fracture lines in the Republican Party and the corporate Democrats continue their frenzy about Russia – with Jacqueline Luqman, Jeff Cohen and host Paul Jay Visit https://therealnews.com for…
Undoing the New Deal: Truman’s Cold War Buries Wallace and the Left
Replay of a TRNN interview from December 2016. Historian Peter Kuznick says Truman bought into the Republican’s post-WWII campaign against Russia and used the hysteria to purge the Democratic Party and defeat former VP Henry…
Gore Vidal on the Cold War (1/7)
When Julian Assange was arrested in London, he carried a copy of our book, Gore Vidal: History of the National Security State. Vidal interviews carried out by Paul Jay between 2005 and 2007. To purchase…
The Chris Hedges Report: Ukraine and the resurgence of American militarism
The war in Ukraine, stoked in part by NATO expansion and the violation of promises made to Moscow at the end of the Cold War, now looks set to become a lengthy war of attrition—one…
Plain Sight | “Agent of Betrayal: The Double Life of Robert Hanssen” | CBS News Podcast
How did the FBI allow a spy to operate in its midst for more than 20 years and do such devastating damage? Robert Hanssen’s tradecraft was good, but far from perfect. In fact, the FBI…
Soviet Union: Military superiority
In 1979, Soviet leaders saw their military superiority as the key to success in Afghanistan, but neglected the long-term consequences. Watch the full documentary here: https://youtu.be/i92NfTwlJnA #sovietunion #kgb #documentary —- Welcome to criminals and crimefighters!…
Anti-Soviet Union Prisoners
Anti-Soviet Prisoners talk about their experience in prison under different rulers. From the Documentary: “KGB – The Sword and the Shield”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEOd9tnX1g0 —- Welcome to criminals and crimefighters! Here we show series, movies and documentaries…
KGB: Unmasking Cold War Espionage and Intrigue | The Sword and the Shield Ep.2
At the beginning of the Cold War in 1940, the KGB leaked classified information about an American project to build a superweapon that could disrupt the global military balance. Despite America’s successful detonation of the…
KGB: Lenin’s Order against the Soviet Union | The Sword and the Shield Ep.1
Lenin established the KGB Secret Service as a temporary measure in the Soviet Union, which ultimately resulted in the deaths of millions of Soviet citizens. In the Soviet Union, the KGB and other Soviet secret…
