Historian Answers Cold War Questions | Tech Support | WIRED

Expert of Eastern European and Russian affairs and Director of the Wilson Center's Kennan Institute Dr. Michael Kimmage joins WIRED to answer the internet's questions about the "Cold War" contested by The Soviet Union and United States. Why was it named "the Cold War?" Was the threat of communism overblown by the United States? What is a proxy war? Why did the United States and USSR make so many nuclear warheads? Did the Soviets have technologies that surpassed those of NATO? Are we in a new Cold War today? Answers to these questions and many more await on Cold War Support. 0:00 Cold War Support 0:14 Cold War: Beginnings 1:33 What was "the height" of the Cold War? 3:16 Did we psych ourselves out? 4:28 Good morning! Vault-Tec calling! 5:21 Stalin: As evil as they say? 5:54 The Berlin Wall 7:42 The dowing of Gary Power's U2 8:40 Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? 10:12 Things fall apart 11:04 The JFK Files 12:13 The Americans: Accurate? 13:15 Was Reagan's presidency an important factor in ending the Cold War? 14:02 Gorbachev 15:21 Nice government you got there… 16:29 ☭ 17:08 China and Russia: Best Frenemies 17:54 Kissinger 18:25 Russians in Afghanistan 19:28 Cold War Films 20:34 NATO 21:22 Are we in a new Cold War? 22:27 Did the Soviets have technologies that surpassed those of NATO? 23:28 Nukes-a-plenty 24:23 No way of knowing, impossible 24:56 What are we even fighting about 25:29 Proxy wars 26:43 Korea 27:19 The Hungarian Uprising of 1956 28:00 Why was the KGB more successful than the CIA? 28:45 Calling out in transit! Calling out in transit! Radio-Free Europe! Director: Lisandro Perez-Rey Director of Photography: Charlie Jordan Editor: Richard Trammell Expert: Michael Kimmage Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi Associate Producer: Brandon White Production Manager: Peter Brunette Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark Casting Producer: Nick Sawyer Talent Booker: Camera Operator: Constantine Economides Sound Mixer: Sean Paulsen Production Assistant: Ryan Coppola Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin Post Production Coordinator: Stella Shortino Supervising Editor: Erica DeLeo Assistant Editor: Justin Symonds Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? ►► http://wrd.cm/15fP7B7 Listen to the Get WIRED podcast ►► https://link.chtbl.com/wired-ytc-desc Want more WIRED? Get the magazine ►► https://subscribe.wired.com/subscribe... Follow WIRED: Instagram ►►  / wired   Twitter ►►  / wired   Facebook ►►  / wired   Tik Tok ►►  / wired   Get more incredible stories on science and tech with our daily newsletter: https://wrd.cm/DailyYT Also, check out the free WIRED channel on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Android TV. ABOUT WIRED WIRED is where tomorrow is realized. Through thought-provoking stories and videos, WIRED explores the future of business, innovation, and culture.