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Expert of Eastern European and Russian affairs and Director of the Wilson Center's Kennan Institute Dr. Michael Kimmage joins WIRED to answer the internet's questions about the "Cold War" contested by The Soviet Union and United States. Why was it named "the Cold War?" Was the threat of communism overblown by the United States? What is a proxy war? Why did the United States and USSR make so many nuclear warheads? Did the Soviets have technologies that surpassed those of NATO? Are we in a new Cold War today? Answers to these questions and many more await on Cold War Support.\n\n0:00 Cold War Support\n0:14 Cold War: Beginnings\n1:33 What was "the height" of the Cold War?\n3:16 Did we psych ourselves out?\n4:28 Good morning! Vault-Tec calling!\n5:21 Stalin: As evil as they say?\n5:54 The Berlin Wall\n7:42 The dowing of Gary Power's U2\n8:40 Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last?\n10:12 Things fall apart\n11:04 The JFK Files\n12:13 The Americans: Accurate?\n13:15 Was Reagan's presidency an important factor in ending the Cold War?\n14:02 Gorbachev\n15:21 Nice government you got there…\n16:29 ☭\n17:08 China and Russia: Best Frenemies\n17:54 Kissinger\n18:25 Russians in Afghanistan\n19:28 Cold War Films\n20:34 NATO\n21:22 Are we in a new Cold War?\n22:27 Did the Soviets have technologies that surpassed those of NATO?\n23:28 Nukes-a-plenty\n24:23 No way of knowing, impossible\n24:56 What are we even fighting about\n25:29 Proxy wars\n26:43 Korea\n27:19 The Hungarian Uprising of 1956\n28:00 Why was the KGB more successful than the CIA?\n28:45 Calling out in transit! Calling out in transit! Radio-Free Europe!\n\nDirector: Lisandro Perez-Rey\nDirector of Photography: Charlie Jordan\nEditor: Richard Trammell\nExpert: Michael Kimmage\nLine Producer: Joseph Buscemi\nAssociate Producer: Brandon White \nProduction Manager: Peter Brunette\nProduction Coordinator: Rhyan Lark\nCasting Producer: Nick Sawyer\nTalent Booker: \nCamera Operator: Constantine Economides\nSound Mixer: Sean Paulsen\nProduction Assistant: Ryan Coppola\nPost Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin\nPost Production Coordinator: Stella Shortino\nSupervising Editor: Erica DeLeo\nAssistant Editor: Justin Symonds

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