Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War

2024

Recommended
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9 episodes
Documentary
War
Netflix Original

With firsthand accounts and access to prominent figures around the world, this docuseries explores the Cold War and its aftermath.

Where to watch Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War

Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War is available... More to stream in New Zealand now on Netflix.

Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War episodes

The Sun Came Up Tremendous

During World War II, the US begins to work on... More a top-secret project that results in the atomic bombings on Japan — and a global conflict lasting decades.

Poisoning the Soil

As communism takes off in Russia and China, Joseph Stalin... More begins his ruthless reign and the Soviet Union enters an era of terror.

Institutional Insanity

Preparing for war against the Soviet Union, the US starts... More to test thermonuclear weapons. The CIA forms and interferes with global politics.

The Wall

The US and Soviet Union get caught in a nuclear... More arms race. A wall divides Berlin. John F. Kennedy looks for a peaceful solution after a crisis in Cuba.

War Games

With both sides planning for the worst-case scenario, Ronald Reagan... More and Mikhail Gorbachev find common ground. Tragedy strikes after a nuclear disaster.

Empire Is Untenable

The USSR's grasp on Eastern Europe weakens as the Berlin... More Wall comes down and the Communist Party mounts a coup against a prominent Soviet Union leader.

The End of History

A new Russian leader emerges, and the republics seek independence.... More As the Soviet Union dissolves, several powers sign a landmark treaty on nuclear arms.

Moscow Will Not Be Silent

Russia struggles to find a national identity as Vladimir Putin... More comes to power. With the Cold War in the rearview, a war on terror begins.

We Are Not Dead Yet

Russia invades Georgia and Ukraine, putting Putin under intense scrutiny.... More While disinformation thrives, threats of nuclear war persist.

Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War | Ratings & Reviews

Fascinating and messed up

Right off the top shelf. A ridiculously compelling and in-depth (9+ hours) history series chronicling US and Russia relations from splitting the atom to today’s war in Ukraine. It gives you a view of how the machinations of science, idelogy, and global politics shape the state of things, and the terrible price that’s been – and is still to be – paid. It’s fascinating and messed up.