"Then and Now" connects events from the past with today's news headlines. Current episodes are histo
(Bonus) The post–Cold War era is a period of history that follows the end of the Cold War, which rep
(Bonus) The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), nicknamed the "Star Wars program", was a proposed mi
(Bonus) The Day After is an American television film that first aired on November 20, 1983 on the AB
S16-E01 Topics: Strategic Defense Initiative, The Day After movie, Eastern Europe Collapse, Post Co
(Bonus) The Balfour Declaration was a public statement issued by the British Government in 1917 duri
(Bonus) The domino theory is a geopolitical theory which posits that increases or decreases in democ
(Bonus) The Korean conflict is an ongoing conflict based on the division of Korea between North Kore
S16-E05 Topics: Korean Conflict, Domino Theory of Communist Conquest, Cuban Missile Crisis, Israel
(Bonus) The Truman Doctrine is an American foreign policy that pledges American "support for democra
(Bonus) The Marshall Plan (officially the European Recovery Program, ERP) was an American initiative
(Bonus) During the Cold War, the Iron Curtain is a political metaphor used to describe the political
(Bonus) The Berlin Blockade (24 June 1948 – 12 May 1949) was one of the first major international cr
S16-E04 Topics: Marshall Plan for Western Europe, Truman Doctrine to protect democracies, Berlin Ai
(Bonus) The Warsaw Pact (WP),[d] formally the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistanc
(Bonus) The Cold War originated in the breakdown of relations between the two main victors in World
(Bonus) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO /ˈneɪtoʊ/ NAY-toh; French: Organisation du trai
(Bonus) The Eastern Bloc, also known as the Communist Bloc, the Socialist Bloc, and the Soviet Bloc,
S16-E03 Topics: Arming of the East and the West, formation of NATO pact, formation of the WARSAW pac
(Bonus) On the Beach is a 1959 American post-apocalyptic science fiction drama film from United Arti
(Bonus) Fail Safe is a 1964 Cold War thriller film directed by Sidney Lumet, based on the 1962 novel
