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Cold War

Season 1 · Episode 22

Star Wars (1981–1988)

3.546mApril 25, 1999

The Soviet Union's economy falters as it struggles to keep up in the arms and technology race.

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Episodes

Episode 1Comrades (1917-1945)
Episode 2Iron Curtain (1945–1947)
Episode 3Marshall Plan (1947–1952)
Episode 4Berlin (1948–1949)
Episode 5Korea (1949–1953)
Episode 6Reds (1948–1953)
Episode 7After Stalin (1953–1956)
Episode 8Sputnik (1949–1961)
Episode 9The Wall (1958–1963)
Episode 10Cuba (1959–1962)
Episode 11Vietnam (1954–1968)
Episode 12MAD (1960–1972)
Episode 13Make Love Not War (The 60s)
Episode 14Red Spring (The 60s)
Episode 15China (1949–1972)
Episode 16Detente (1969–1975)
Episode 17Good Guys, Bad Guys (1967–1978)
Episode 18Backyard (1954–1990)
Episode 19Freeze (1977–1981)
Episode 20Soldiers of God (1975–1988)
Episode 21Spies (1944–1994)
Episode 22Star Wars (1981–1988)
Episode 23The Wall Comes Down (1989)
Episode 24Conclusions (1989–1991)