Pt. 1. Origins of the Cold War. Seeds of conflict
Adversaries and allies, 1939-1945
Formation of the Communist Bloc, 1944-1948
Cold War begins, 1945-1948
Battle for Germany, 1948-1952
Communist revolution in China, 1946-1950.
Pt. 2. Global confrontation. Conflict over Korea, 1950-1953
New leaders and new realities, 1953-1957
Perpetuation of the Cold War, 1957-1961
Crisis and coexistence, 1961-1964
Southeast Asia and the Cold War, 1945-1970
China, Salt, and the superpowers, 1967-1972.
Pt. 3. Search for a solution. Heyday of Detente, 1972-1975
Decline of Detente, 1975-1979
The return of the Cold War, 1980-1985
Thaw in the Cold War, 1985-1988
End of the Cold War, 1988-1991
