The Cold War
Superpower rivalry and how it ended.
01Origins of the Cold WarFrom wartime allies to superpower rivals, 1945-1949.Read lesson →02Crises and ConfrontationBerlin, Korea and Cuba: how close the world came to nuclear war.Read lesson →03The Cold War WorldwideProxy wars, decolonisation and the superpowers' global contest.Read lesson →04How the Cold War EndedGorbachev, people power and the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.Read lesson →