The History of the Cold War Podcast

In this episode, we examine the influence the Cold War had on James Bond and Bond's influence on the wider Cold War culture.

Jeff discuss negative comments he has received about the podcast over the years.

Please join us for the pub quiz on the time period of 1945-50 of the Cold War, you can follow along by listening or if you're looking for an interactive, scored version of the quiz you can click on the link below. You can find the scored version here: https://www.historyofthecoldwarpodcast.com/quiz/coldwarquiz1945-50/ For pictures for this episode and more go to our website at: www.historyofthecoldwarpodcast.com/ Want to skip the ads and get right to the content, become a patreon subscriber here: www.patreon.com/coldwarpodcast

Please join us for the pub quiz on the Korean War, you can follow along by listening or if you're looking for an interactive, scored version of the quiz you can click on the link below. You can find the scored version here: https://www.historyofthecoldwarpodcast.com/quiz/korean-war-quiz/ For pictures for this episode and more go to our website at: www.historyofthecoldwarpodcast.com/ Want to skip the ads and get right to the content, become a patreon subscriber here: www.patreon.com/coldwarpodcast

Join us for our Game Review of the popular Cold War board and video game Twilight Struggle. Jeff gives his opinions on the game play, challenge level, and how faithful it is to actual Cold War history. For pictures for this episode and more go to our website at: www.historyofthecoldwarpodcast.com/ Want to skip the ads and get right to the content, become a patreon subscriber here: www.patreon.com/coldwarpodcast

Please join us for the pub quiz on McCarthyism, you can follow along by listening or if you're looking for an interactive, scored version of the quiz you can click on the link below. You can find the scored version here: https://www.historyofthecoldwarpodcast.com/quiz/mccarthyquiz/ For pictures for this episode and more go to our website at: www.historyofthecoldwarpodcast.com/ Want to skip the ads and get right to the content, become a patreon subscriber here: www.patreon.com/coldwarpodcast

Please join us for our movie review of Good Night and Good Luck. The 2005 historical drama directed by George Clooney, centered on Edward R. Murrow's confrontation of Senator Joseph McCarthy. Our Podcast Sponsor for the Episode: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/nicholas-macgrory/the-greatest-story-ever-told For pictures for this episode and more go to our website at: www.historyofthecoldwarpodcast.com/ Want to skip the ads and get right to the content, become a patreon subscriber here: www.patreon.com/coldwarpodcast

In this episode, we explore the consequences of McCarthyism on American Society and the Cold War and its lasting effects on the United States. For pictures for this episode and more go to our website at: www.historyofthecoldwarpodcast.com/ Want to skip the ads and get right to the content, become a patreon subscriber here: www.patreon.com/coldwarpodcast Join us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/coldwarpodcast/

In this episode, we examine the life and career of Senator McCarthy one of America's greatest rises and falls in political history. We examine his spectacular rise to power, we explore the truth to his accusations and his fall into oblivion, alcoholism, and death. Check out our sponsor podcast Physical Attraction here: http://www.physicalattraction.libsyn.com/ For pictures for this episode and more go to our website at: www.historyofthecoldwarpodcast.com/ Want to skip the ads and get right to the content, become a patreon subscriber here: www.patreon.com/coldwarpodcast Join us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/coldwarpodcast/

In this episode, we examine McCarthyism's effect on Hollywood and the media. We look at the HUAC hearings on Hollywood, the effects of the blacklists and labor relations leading up the hearings on Hollywood. Check out our sponsor podcast The American History podcast here: http://theamericanhistorypodcast.com/ For pictures for this episode and more go to our website at: www.historyofthecoldwarpodcast.com/ Want to skip the ads and get right to the content, become a patreon subscriber here: www.patreon.com/coldwarpodcast Join us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/coldwarpodcast/

In this episode, we examine two of the major trials of the period the Hiss hearings and trials and that of the Rosenbergs. For pictures for this episode and more go to our website at: www.historyofthecoldwarpodcast.com/ Want to skip the ads and get right to the content, become a patreon subscriber here: www.patreon.com/coldwarpodcast Join us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/coldwarpodcast/

In this episode we examine the role that civil society took in shaping McCarthyism. Examining how it affected peoples day to day lives and the social institutions behind the movement. Check out our sponsor podcast History or His Story podcast here: https://historyorhisstory.com/ For pictures for this episode and more go to our website at: www.historyofthecoldwarpodcast.com/ Want to skip the ads and get right to the content, become a patreon subscriber here: www.patreon.com/coldwarpodcast Join us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/coldwarpodcast/

In this episode, we look at the role of the American government both at the federal and local levels in shaping McCarthyism. For pictures for this episode and more go to our website at: www.historyofthecoldwarpodcast.com/ Want to skip the ads and get right to the content, become a patreon subscriber here: www.patreon.com/coldwarpodcast Join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coldwarpodcast/

In this episode, we examine the growth of Marxist parties in the United States and the role these parties played in the early Cold War and the US government's crackdown on the American Communist party during McCarthyism. For pictures for this episode and more go to our website at: www.historyofthecoldwarpodcast.com/ Want to skip the ads and get right to the content, become a patreon subscriber here: www.patreon.com/coldwarpodcast

In this episode, we outline Mccarthyism, talking about the movement's major players, events and consequences for the Cold War and the United States specifically. For pictures for this episode and more go to our website at: https://www.historyofthecoldwarpodcast.com/ Want to skip the ads and get right to the content, become a patreon subscriber here: https://www.patreon.com/coldwarpodcast

In this episode, we explore the complex and fascinating history of Tibet in the early Cold War. We explore China's history with Tibet and its desire to incorporate Tibet into China. We also examine India's complex relationship with China over Tibet and the CIA's attempt to build an insurgency in the region.

In this episode, we examine the life of Chinese Marshal Peng Dehuai. The overall Commander of Communist forces in the Korean War.

Jeff and Dave discuss the 2016 Korean action film Operation Chromite directed by John H. Lee and starring Lee Jung-jae, Lee Beom-soo, and Liam Neeson.

In this episode, we provide a quick review and background to the life and importance of General MacArthur to the events of the early Cold War

In this episode, we review the life of Kim Il Sung the leader of North Korea during the Cold War. We briefly examine his early life, his rise to power and the rule of his nation. 1946-1994

In this episode, we examine the life and the political career of Syngman Rhee the first president of South Korea. We look at his early life as a revolutionary, his political leadership of South Korea during the early Cold War and his fall from power in 1960.

In this episode, we chart the development of the two different Korean society after the Korean war from 1953-1960. We look at their political, economic and social development during the period and the contrast between the two societies.

Jeff interviews Micheal Reiter and John Murphy of the movie Agents Unknown. What was it like to make the film? What makes Agents Unknown different from other Vietnam era documentary films? What do the film makers hope to accomplish with this documentary? Mike and John discuss these questions and more. Get to know more about the film from the links below: www.agentsunknown.com twitter: agentsunknown00 Amazon US (shortened links): http://a.co/d/h26nEMy Amazon UK (shortened links): http://tinyurl.com/y23k62np Tubi TV: https://tubitv.com/movies/488578/agents_unknown Pluto TV: https://pluto.tv VUDU (available soon): https://www.vudu.com/content/movies/home Top 10 Films review: https://www.top10films.co.uk/52907-review-agents-unknown-may-alter-your-perception-of-the-vietnam-war/ links accurate as of 10/14/19

Jeff and Dave discuss the American Korean War Film Pork Chop Hill directed by Lewis Milestone. The film focuses on the trench warfare in the later Korean War and gives Jeff a good backdrop to discuss that phase of the war.

Jeff and Dave discuss the 1954 american film The Bridges at Toko Ri directed by Mark Robson

In this episode, we review the maritime aspect of the Korean war. We examine the different roles Navies performed during the war and how the Korean War influenced thoughts around Naval power in the decades to come.

In this episode, we review the end of the air war in Korea. We examine the effectiveness of the strategic and political bombing campaign against North Korea in the final year of the war. We also review technological developments to come out of the air war in Korea and the war's influence on the American air war strategy in the wider Cold War.

In this episode, we review the surprise introduction of the MIG 15 and the battle for air superiority in the new jet age. The US Air force attempts to stop the flow of supplies and reinforcements south and switches to night bombing after heavy losses. The air force also faces HR issues as a result of the war longer than expected.

In this episode, we review the early air war in Korea from June to November 1950. We examine US air force strategy before the war, the air force's strained relations with the Army and Navy, along the with challenges the air forced faced in the opening months of the war.

Jeff and Dave review the 2004 South Korean film Tae Guk Gi : The Brotherhood of War by Kang Je - Gyu

In this episode, we review the last year of the war in Korea. How both sides attempted to influence the armistice talks through military actions. We also examine the accusation that the United States used biological weapons, the final negotiations of the war and the consequences of the war on the wider Cold War and our lives today.

In this episode, we explore China's last offensive to win the war and the opening of negotiations between the UN forces and the Communists. We also examine the contentious issue of POWs and how the issue extended the war.

In this episode, we examine the fall of MacArthur and the rise of General Matthew Ridgway. We explore the events of the Korean War in the Spring of 1951 through their inverse relationship. Reviewing the change to us strategy in the period, China's failed to push to win and the US counterattack to retake Seoul. Additionally, we cover the US political and social upheaval caused by the sack of MacArthur and its minor constitutional crisis.

This episode we examine China's decision to take a series of gambles in response to the US. First Mao gambles on entry into the war, shocking the Americans and pushing them back to the 38th, followed by Mao's gamble that the weight of Chinese forces could push the Americans off the Korean Penisula.

In this episode, we examine MacArthur's gamble at Inchon and the reversal of UN fortunes from retreat and defeat to attack and victory. We also examine the US decision to invade North Korea.

This episode we examine the opening moves of the Korean War. The US enters the war and brings the issue to the United Nations. While North Korea attempts a Blitzkrieg campaign to win the war before the US arrives in sizeable numbers to stop them.

In this episode, we examine the question of who started the Korean War. Was it a clever trap laid by the Americans to justify defense spending in the Cold War? A CIA backed plot that went wrong or a series of mistakes and musculation by the superpowers which resulted in war?

Re-Recorded. Join us as we began our examination of the Korean War. In this episode, we outline a brief history of Korea leading up to the outbreak of the Korean War. We also examine how the failed US occupation contributed to the origins of the war.

Jeff and Dave review the 1959 film On the Beach directed by Stanley Kramer

Jeff and Dave review 1964 Sidney Lumet movie Failsafe.

Jeff and Dave discuss the 1964 Stanley Kubrick classic Dr. Strangelove

Join Jeff and Dave as they review the 1957 Soviet classic The Cranes are Flying by Mikhail Kalatozov.

Join Jeff and Dave as they review the dark comedy Death of Stalin.

A recap of the first 57 Episodes and the first 5 years of the Cold War.

In this episode we examine how Navies developed over the first five years of the Cold War. We examine the Navies, ships, events and technology of the period.

In this episode we examine the development of air power 1945-1950. We examine from a high level the aircraft, events and air forces of the period.

In this episode we examine the weapons, strategy and tactics of the first five years of the Cold War. We look at advances in armor warfare and Guerrilla Warfare. We also examine tank development, the development of the AK 47 and more.

In this episode we examine the rise and fall of the Sino-Soviet Alliance. One of the most important alliances of the Cold War. We explore how and why the alliance came to be and why it eventually split. We examine the role of its silent partners in the alliance the Nations of Eastern Europe and how America and Great Britain responded to the alliance.

In this episode we review the life of Mao Zedong one of the most controversial leaders of the twentieth century. Examining his life from his childhood and youth to his rise to power in the Chinese Communist Party.

In this episode we will examine the Communist victory over the Nationalists explaining how and why the Communists won. We will also examine the critical role that the United States and Soviet Union played in the closing stages of the war and how the Chinese Communist victory effected the wider Cold War and the shape of our world today.