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03887ngm a2200685Ia 4500 001 A556154A2AF911DEBAFE5107A8D7520A 005 20150520012456 007 vf mbaho- 008 981120s1998 cau140 vleng d 020 $a 9780780623941 020 $a 0780623940 028 42 $a T3770 $b Warner Home Video 035 $a (OCoLC)40355787 040 $a ISM $c ISM $d SILO $d SILO 245 0 $a Cold War. $n Vol. 8 $h [videorecording] / $c a Jeremy Isaacs production for Turner Original Productions, Inc. 260 $a [Atlanta, Ga.] : $b CNN Productions, $a [Atlanta, Ga.] : $b CNN Productions, $c c1998. 300 $a 1 videocassette (140 min.) : $b sd., col. & b&w ; $c 1/2 in. 440 0 $a CNN perspectives 505 0 $a 22. Star wars, 1980-1988 -- 23. The Wall comes down, 1989 -- 24. Conclusion, 1989-1991. 508 $a Executive producers, Pat Mitchell, Jeremy Isaacs ; series producer, Martin Smith ; writers, John Lloyd, Neal Ascherson, Jeremy Isaacs ; producers, James Barker, Cate Haste. 511 0 $a Narrator: Kenneth Branagh. 520 $a A 24 part documentary series which examines the Cold War and its influence on history, culture, technology, economics, and the modern psyche. Episode 22: Star Wars. Reagan boosts U.S. defense spending and proposes the Strategic Defense Initiative, an anti-missile system in space. New premier Gorbachev knows the Soviets can't match the U.S., and wants to liberalize and reconstruct the economy. After summits in Geneva, Reykjavik and Washington, the leaders agree to drastic arms cuts. 520 $a Episode 23: The Wall comes down. Incredibly quickly, the Soviet bloc is breaking up, virtually without bloodshed. First Poland, then Hungary, then East Germany slip away from communist control. Gorbachev makes no effort to hold them back with force. Amid scenes of jubilation, the hated Berlin Wall comes down. 520 $a Episode 24: The U.S. proves the stronger, the Soviet Union implodes. Germany is reunified. Shorn of its empire and communist domination, Russia faces its future with its economy in chaos. The balance of terror that has kept the peace for more than 40 years vanishes. The Cold War has ended without the use of nuclear weapons. 538 $a VHS. 546 $a Closed captioned for the hearing impaired. 600 10 $a Reagan, Ronald. 600 10 $a Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, $d 1931- 650 0 $a Cold war $x History. 650 0 $a World politics $y 1945- 650 0 $a Nuclear arms control $z United States. 650 0 $a Nuclear arms control $z Soviet Union. 650 0 $a Strategic Defense Initiative 650 0 $a Communism $z Europe, Eastern $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989. 650 0 $a Communism $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Communism $z Soviet Union $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Video recordings for the hearing impaired. 651 0 $a Soviet Union $x Foreign relations $z United States. 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations $z Soviet Union. 651 0 $a Poland $x History $y 1989- 651 0 $a Hungary $x History $y 1989- 651 0 $a Germany (East) $x History $y 1989- 651 0 $a Germany $x History $y 1990- 651 0 $a Russia (Federation) $x Economic conditions $y 1991- 651 0 $a Russia (Federation) $x Social conditions $y 1991- 700 1 $a Isaacs, Jeremy, $d 1932- 700 1 $a Smith, Martin. 700 1 $a Branagh, Kenneth. $4 nrt 710 2 $a Turner Original Productions. 710 2 $a Cable News Network. 710 2 $a Warner Home Video (Firm) 740 02 $a Cold War. $n 22, $p Star Wars, 1980-1988. 740 02 $a Cold War. $n 23, $p The Wall comes down, 1989. 740 02 $a Cold War. $n 24, $p Conclusions, 1989-1991. 939 $a 4006618 941 $a 1 945 $a vhs 952 $l SOAX911 $d 20090701080000.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A556154A2AF911DEBAFE5107A8D7520AInitiate Another SILO Locator Search