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Cold War

In a televised address on 15 August 1973, President Richard Nixon proclaimed his innocence in the Watergate affair and urged Americans to reject efforts to exploit the scandal. This photograph was taken after the broadcast, as cameras were barred during the speech.

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Watergate is the ultimate American conspiracy – but what if we’ve been misunderstanding it all along?

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Iron Mountain: the conspiracy that duped America. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

J Robert Oppenheimer (left), and Cillian Murphy

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Is Oppenheimer a true story? Meet the real Robert Oppenheimer, ‘father of the atomic bomb’

Cold War-era President John F Kennedy leaves St Stephen Martyr Catholic Church in Washington DC — just hours before Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev agreed to withdraw missiles from Cuba, defusing the Cold War’s most dangerous standoff.

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The CIA’s most unlikely Cold War weapon? A secret smuggling operation that terrified Soviet censors

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CIA book smugglers of the Cold War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A pink tissue box with a white tissue coming out of it

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From Operation Snuffles to Killer Kleenex: the forgotten history of the secret Cold War experiments in Antarctica has just been uncovered

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Could the US have won the Vietnam war?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A character from Atomfall in front of the Windscale nuclear facility.

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Britain’s worst nuclear disaster: the Windscale fire of 1957

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My history heroJames Coomarasamy chooses Andrei Sakharov. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Several men stand around a table in a submarine

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Whiskey on the Rocks: the real story behind Soviet submarine S-363’s Cold War grounding

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Joseph McCarthy: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Former Soviet Colonel Stanislav Petrov at his home in 2004.

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The Soviet soldier who saved the world: how did Stanislav Petrov prevent nuclear Armageddon?

Oleg Gordievsky

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Oleg Gordievsky: the double agent who changed the course of the Cold War

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How Kissinger transformed the Cold War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin on the moon's surface

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The history of the first moon landing: the road to Apollo 11

Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, seen in 1975, would have been the leading candidate to be the first person to step on the Moon had the Soviets landed before the US (Photo by Space Frontiers/Getty Images)

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What if...The Soviets had landed on the Moon first and won the Space Race?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Construction of the Berlin Wall begins at Ebertstrasse. The barrier would divide the city for 28 years (Photo by von der Becke/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

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Life in East Germany: the cultural evolution behind the Iron Curtain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Everyday life in East Germany. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The KGB’s secret war on the west. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The Cuban Missile CrisisWorld on the brink. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A journey along the Iron Curtain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Q&AWhy did NORAD begin tracking Santa Claus in the Cold War?

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Episode 4The road to resolution. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 3Dangerous days. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Mikhail Gorbachev as seen in a 1995 portrait. His leadership saw the Soviet Union undergo dramatic reform, leading to its dissolution in 1991 (Photo by Dana Gluckstein / mptvimages / eyevine)

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Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev as a Cold War hero or a failed idealist: the historians' verdict. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

On Havana waterfront, Cuban soldiers wait by anti-aircraft artillery, after receiving warning of an invasion from the United States

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Max Hastings"If the Americans had bombed Cuba in 1962, escalation would have been almost inevitable". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 2Broken ties & a secret pact. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 1Tensions mount. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Afghan fighters on top of a destroyed Soviet helicopter, 1980 (Photo by Alain Dejean/Sygma via Getty Images)

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War without end: conflict in Afghanistan, from the Cold War Soviet invasion to the Taliban. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A missionary preaches to the Native Americans of Massachusetts, c1650. By now, colonists were imposing their values on the indigenous population, encouraging them to dress like the English – and worship the English God. (Photo by Ian Tyas/Keystone/Getty Images)

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Britain's nuclear fearsHow has the UK prepared for Armageddon?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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