Special Collections

War and Peace in the Nuclear Age

War and Peace in the Nuclear Age, first broadcast in 1989, is a thirteen-part PBS series on the origins and evolution of nuclear competition between the United States and the former Soviet Union. The series examined the rivalry for power and how it shaped the diplomacy, negotiation, ethical debates, and doctrine of deterrence that ran through the forty-year history of the nuclear age. This collection contains the full interviews and selected stock footage from the series. If you would like to view the full War and Peace in the Nuclear Age episodes you may schedule an appointment at GBH in Boston by contacting the GBH Archives.

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Air Force Class on Soviet Threat Awareness
Air Force Flight Simulator
Arlington National Cemetery and Washington, D.C. Landmarks
Bolshoi Ballet production of Anna Karenina
Burden of Decision
B-1 Bomber
B-1B Bomber Training Program
Central Armed Forces Museum, Moscow
Control Tower, Dyess Air Force Base
Hiroshima Peace Memorial
Israel
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Jamia Mosque Services Korean Demilitarized Zone Korean Military Demarcation Line Kunsan Air Force Base Man on the Street Interviews about Cold War Maps of Leningrad Moscow Street Scenes MPS Site North of Callao, Utah New York Times Headlines Panmunjom, Korea- U.N. Return Chinese Soldier Remains from Korean War Pershings Destroyed Peterborough Citizens Remember the Beginning of the Nuclear Freeze Movement Peterborough, NH Post-Flight Mission Briefing
Pre-Flight Mission Briefing Raja Bazaar Red Square, Moscow Safeguard ABM Site Salt Lake Tabernacle Seoul, Korea Soviet Union to Resume Nuclear Testing Student Views on War Tour of Peacekeeper Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Silo Varanasi, India and the Ganges River Warren Air Force Base Silos "Weaponry in Space" Panel Discussion White House 2nd Infantry Division in Korea