MAD World - The History of the Cold War | Episode 7: Warmonger | Free Documentary History

In the 1980s, the US continues its mission to halt the spread of communism. A socialist leader takes over the Caribbean island of Grenada in 1983, and Ronald Reagan sends in the Marines overnight. In Nicaragua, rebel Sandinistas fight the Contra guerrillas. In 1987, Reagan announces a new arms program dubbed ‘Star Wars’. Mikhail Gorbachev, the new president of the USSR, attempts to end the Cold War. 'M.A.D. World' takes a close look at the last time we were threatened by the might of world superpowers: The Cold War. For over forty years the entire world stood on the brink of annihilation, as the horrors of World War II ended and a new kind of global war began when the push of a single button could trigger all‑out nuclear war. 'M.A.D. World' examines how the world was changed forever by the Cold War. Over eight episodes, remarkable footage from the time shows how the build‑up of nuclear arms and the mistrust between West and East instilled terror across the globe. First‑hand accounts bring the stories to life as we talk to pilots drilled to drop the bomb, families torn apart by the Iron Curtain, and escaped dissidents who lived in fear of torture and execution.