MAD World - The History of the Cold War | Episode 6: Cold War II | Free Documentary History

. World - Episode 6: Cold War II | History Documentary Watch ’. World - Episode 7’ here: In this episode: Just as détente seems to be the ’new normal’, the West is outraged when the Soviet military moves into Afghanistan. The US immediately offers arms and support to the anti-government rebels. Boxer Muhammad Ali leads an Olympic boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics. Fear of global annihilation causes mass ‘No Nukes’ protests. ’. World’ takes a close look at the last time we were threatened by the might of world superpowers: The Cold War. For over forty years the entire world stood on the brink of annihilation, as the horrors of World War II ended and a new kind of global war began when the push of a single button could trigger all-out nuclear war. ’. World’ examines how the world was changed forever by the Cold War. Over eight episodes, remarkable footage from the time shows how the build-up of nuclea