Former Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott discusses how the United States stabilized Soviet relations and improved relations with China. [8:13]

Former Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott discusses how the United States and the Soviet Union dealt with nuclear warfare and the outcome of The Cold War. [8:22]

The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the U.S. ever came to nuclear war. This video discusses what led up to the Cuban Missile Crisis and how it was resolved. [19:00]

In which John Green teaches you about the Cold War, which was the decades long conflict between the USA and the USSR. The Cold War was called cold because of the lack of actual fighting, but this is inaccurate. There was plenty of...

A newsreel from 1962 detailing the Cuban Missile Crisis during the Cold War. Link to the Cold War Museum in included. [5:53]

Watch this newsreel from the Army Pictorial Service, the first part of which shows President Truman at the Potsdam Conference in 1945, after the surrender of of Germany.

Video lecture by Tom Richey in which he expains Cold War foreign policy of Richard Nixon for students of AP and U.S. History. [21:49]

A Crash Course video investigating the United States' involvement in the Cold War. [13:34]

This timelapse video shows the magnitude of nuclear weapons tests throughout the world from 1945-1998. [14:24]

This video gives a brief description of the U-2 spy plane incident during the Cold War in 1960. [3:10]

This video gives a brief description of Richard Nixon's 1959 visit to the Soviet Union and Nikita Khrushchev's visit to the United States. [3:06]

This video gives a brief history of the Space Race during the Cold War era. [4:29]

This video gives a brief description of the Berlin Airlift, which followed the Soviet blocking of roads into West Berlin in 1948. The Allies flew in more than 2 million tons of supplies over the course of 15 months, forcing Joseph Stalin...

Who built the Berlin Wall? Why did they build it? Find out these answers and more by watching this brief video. [4:35]

This video gives a brief description of the Korean Conflict. [3:48]

This video offers a brief description of the Truman Doctrine and its impact. [3:04]

Fmr. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright discusses the conflict between the Balkans and the changing policy in the United States as it related to the post-Cold War ethnic cleansing in Bosnia under Milosevic. Part one of two videos. [6:41]

Former Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott discusses the growing relationship between post-soviet Russia and the United States. [9:31]

Former Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott discusses how the Cold War developed after post WWII peace summits and the strategic patience that stopped the expansion of Soviet communism. [6:36]

Former Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott discusses how the United States implemented the policy of containment and the transatlantic alliances that emerged during the Cold War. [6:23]

Former Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs of the US Tara Sonenshine discusses Ukraine/ Russian propaganda v. the American approach in Ukraine. [6:04]

Overview of the Cuban Missile Crisis. [19:00]

An overview of the Bay of Pigs Invasion. [13:41]

The Cold War was a period of increased tensions and competition for global influence between the United States that lasted from approximately 1945 until 1991. Learn more here. [11:57]