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A history of the Cold War, focusing on the major conflicts of the era, including the wars in Korea and Vietnam, and highlighting significant people and locations in all areas of the hostilities.

A history of the Cold War, focusing on the final years of the Communist regime in the Soviet Union, beginning with the replacement of Nikita Khruschev by Leonid Brezhnev, and highlighting significant people, places, and events on both sides of the hostilities.

Believing Alexander to be dead, eighteen-year-old and pregnant Tatiana escapes Leningrad to America but soon comes to believe that her husband, Red Army officer Alexander Belov, is still alive so she goes to Germany to find him. Alexander, in the Soviet Union, is forced to lead troops through Europe where he is imprisoned. Alexander tries desperately to stay alive long enough to escape and find Tatiana.

Shot on location in Georgia and Russia, the documentary examines how the bloodiest dictator in world history commanded the allegiance and adulation of the Soviet Union during his lifetime and how his influence lives on beyond the grave. It employs a wealth of archive material, eye witness accounts, reconstructions in original locations, and myriad examples of Stalin's artistic legacy in its scrutiny of the dictator's career and his cult, past and present.

This docudrama looks at Joseph Stalin, the leader of the Soviet Union, and his encounters with the Nazis, Churchill and Roosevelt and their impact on World War II. Includes documentary footage, dramatic reconstruction and interviews.

"The Soviet Night Witches flew over 30,000 missions in planes made of almost nothing more than plywood and canvas ... [This book teaches young readers] about the origin of the... women who flew these missions and were indispensable to the war effort in WWII"--Provided by publisher.

"The true story of two spies and their families on opposite sides of the Cold War, told from the first-person perspective of Eva Dillon, the daughter of one of these spies. With impeccable insider access to both families as well as CIA officers, Dillon offers a ... true-life spy thriller told in the tradition of a family memoir"--Provided by publisher.

Examines the history of the atomic bomb, discussing the discovery of the behavior of uranium when placed next to radioactive material, the race to build a bomb, and the impact of the weapon on societies around the world.

A multi-faceted portrait of the man who succeeded Lenin as the head of the Soviet Union. With a captivating blend of period documents, newly-released information, newsreel and archival footage and interviews with experts, the program examines his rise to power, deconstructs the cult of personality that helped him maintain an iron grip over his vast empire, and analyzes the policies he introduced, including the deadly expansion of the notorious gulags where he banished so many of his countrymen to certain death.

"... Svetlana Alexievich's collection of stories of women's experiences in World War II, both on the front lines, on the home front, and in occupied territories"--Provided by publisher.