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Cold War
1998 · TV series · documentary · 46 min episodes · 1 season
A 24-part series which deals with the relations between the United States, the Soviet Union and their respective allies between the end of World War II to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
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i also enjoyed the cold war documentary on netflix.
> This [lie] is what was taught in Soviet schools. That's where he (and all other Russians) got that.
Do you have a source for that claim, because I find it unlikely that Soviet schools taught that their wartime allies just "stood back and watched" during WWII.
I find it more likely that the Soviets simply focused on their own experience of WWII, exactly as every other country involved does.
For example, I seriously doubt much time, if any, was given in Cold War American schools to the effort and sacrifice of the Soviet Union in defeating Hitler.
Indeed, given the way Americans (and American movies) love to portray the USA as saving everyone's ass in WWII, it wouldn't surprise me if every country other than the USA is largely ignored in American teaching on WWII.
I disagree. By buying oil and selling arms, they are helping them.
In case you aren't aware, Taliban and Mujahadeen were US allies in Afghanistan. And by ally, I mean really ally. They fought together against the Soviets. US was giving them weapons and aid. In a trip to Afghanistan, Zbigniew Brzezinski (Carter's National Security Advisor) called the Mujahadeen and Taliban (the same guys that were treating women like trash), "Soldiers of God" and told then
We know of their deep belief in god – that they’re confident that their struggle will succeed. That land over there is yours and you’ll go back to it some day, because your fight will prevail, and you’ll have your homes, your mosques, back again, because your cause is right, and god is on your side.
Watch it on video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4lf0RT72iw
Or, if you have time, watch this episode of the terrific CNN documentary (Cold War, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIU0e23ZTcU
So, in essence: yes, US helped Mujahadeen, Taliban, Saudies and others. And people in the west are profiting from that.
I don't agree with everything these two article says, but at least watch the pictures:
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2012/09/sleeping-with-the-devil-how-u-s-and-saudi-backing-of-al-qaeda-led-to-911.html
http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/23860
Just look at this picture: http://www.globalresearch.ca/articlePictures/reaganandmujahideen1.jpg - It's US president Ronald Reagan with some ass-backward, woman-beating fucks in the White House... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3f9mlUQzJA
I knew all about it, and much more. But not by reading that book - Last month I watched CNN's 1998 documentary about the Cold War. ABSOLOUTELY AMAZING. 24 episodes, each about 50 minutes. Tons of never-seen-before footage and interviews with many of the parties involved in the Cold War (Gorbachev, Castro, Kissinger, Reagan, H. W. Bush, and dozens of other well-informed ministers, ambassadors, spies, soldiers and citizens)
But more importantly, it's fair. It doesn't blame Russia while praising America or vice versa. Bot powers did dreadful things during the Cold War, and this documentary shows them all. After watching it, now I have a very deep respect for CNN and Ted Turner.
It's only available on VHS, and only on eBay (or used, at Amazon). If you don't have a VHS player anymore (who has?), contact me (edit: for download links, not for selling you a VHS player!).
If you're interested in Cold War history and want to know more, watch this definitive series. You won't be disappointed.
I was watching the documentary series Cold War, which is brilliant in that it is full of first-hand accounts in interviews with people that were at all the important meetings and events.
Some of my favorite moments were the bits from Castro's interviews. "Thoughtful man" is a great description. It was fascinating to see him describing events from his view, and he was captivating to listen to even in a language I had to read subtitles to understand.