Dramatis personae - Ashes and ideology. Allies and enemies ; Spoils of war ; New sun rising - The world according to "X." The Iron Curtain ; Flashpoints : the Mediterranean and the Middle East ; The Marshall Plan - Superpowers. A monopoly ends ; Mad world; Red China ; Berlin held hostage ; Spy wars - Crossing the line. Hot war in a cold place ; Red scare nation - Combat by proxy. High noon in Hungary ; From the Bay of Pigs to the Cuban Missile Crisis ; Vietnam - Daetente. The President, the Chairman, and the Premier ; Asymmetric dawn and the Soviet sunset ; "A new world order" - Cold War timeline - Live and in person.