The Cold War - Last Man Standing | 6
American History Tellers
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4.6 • 19K Ratings
🗓️ 24 January 2018
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
In the early 1970s, while trying to wind down the war in Vietnam, President Richard Nixon made overtures to Moscow and Beijing that would usher in a new era of the Cold War: Detente. But the thaw in relations didn’t last long - the Iran Hostage Crisis and Soviet invasion of Afghanistan set the old adversaries against each other once again. Throughout the Eighties, President Reagan took a hard line against the “Evil Empire,” ramping up military spending and rhetoric, and Americans were once again tense with nuclear anxiety.
Until suddenly, it all changed.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, prime members, you can listen to American History Tellers add free on Amazon music. |
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| 0:07.0 | It's the dead of winter, February 1975. |
| 0:17.0 | It's cold where you live in suburban Philadelphia and you're eager for some sunshine. |
| 0:22.4 | But you're excited. |
| 0:24.0 | For the next week, you're trading your scarf and boots for shorts and sneakers. |
| 0:28.0 | You and your family are off to Disney World. |
| 0:31.0 | Oh, oh, no! |
| 0:34.0 | Disney World is still new in the mid-1970s. |
| 0:37.0 | When you arrive, you look around to get your bearings. |
| 0:39.0 | And you hear an astonishing number of accents and languages. |
| 0:43.0 | Seems the whole world has come to Florida for a winter escape. |
| 0:47.0 | The Cinderella Castle looms straight ahead, centering the entire park. |
| 0:51.0 | Adventure land, frontier land, or off to the left, fantasy land at one o'clock. |
| 0:56.0 | With your crew of three boys, you're making a beeline for tomorrow land to the right. |
| 1:01.0 | The draw? |
| 1:03.0 | Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, we proudly present Space Mountain. |
| 1:12.0 | Your boys have been talking about Disney World's new Space-themed roller coaster |
| 1:16.0 | non-stop since it opened in January. |
| 1:18.0 | We hadn't realized that you were nearly as excited as they were until the lot of you encountered a set of barriers |
| 1:23.0 | about 100 yards in the entrance. |
| 1:26.0 | Hey, what's the story here? This is the main attraction. Why is it closed? |
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