The global superpower stand-off that brought the world to the brink of destruction. BBC Two's new Cold War Season explores the cultural and political impact of a conflict that divided the world.

Ten years ago, a book about the cold war would, in the words of historian Vladislav Zubok, have been a record of “dangerous but ancient times”. Today, with the US again locked in rivalry with ...

The hijacking crisis of September 1970 occurred against the backdrop of a decades-long Cold War between the planet's two strongest nations. Although the United States and Soviet Union had begun ...