43 min
How did citizen protests help end the Cold War? UnTextbooked | A history podcast for the future
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The Cold War was marked by a bitter rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union. Although former WWII NATO allies, what emerged was an atmosphere of constant fear for national security and a dangerous nuclear arms race.
On this episode of UnTextbooked, producer Lap Nguyen and Professor Susan Colbourn unpack the power of citizen protest and the crucial factors that eventually brought the contentious war to a peaceful end.
BOOK: Euromissiles: The Nuclear Weapons that Nearly Destroyed NATO
GUEST: Professor Susan Colbourn
PRODUCER: Lap Nguyen
MUSIC: Silas Bohen and Coleman Hamilton
PRODUCTION: Pod People - Hannah Pedersen, Danielle Roth, Shaneez Tyndall, and Michael Aquino.
SHOW NOTES: Link to Susan Colbourn’s work
The Cold War was marked by a bitter rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union. Although former WWII NATO allies, what emerged was an atmosphere of constant fear for national security and a dangerous nuclear arms race.
On this episode of UnTextbooked, producer Lap Nguyen and Professor Susan Colbourn unpack the power of citizen protest and the crucial factors that eventually brought the contentious war to a peaceful end.
BOOK: Euromissiles: The Nuclear Weapons that Nearly Destroyed NATO
GUEST: Professor Susan Colbourn
PRODUCER: Lap Nguyen
MUSIC: Silas Bohen and Coleman Hamilton
PRODUCTION: Pod People - Hannah Pedersen, Danielle Roth, Shaneez Tyndall, and Michael Aquino.
SHOW NOTES: Link to Susan Colbourn’s work
43 min