Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War Season 1 Episode 3

Institutional Insanity

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

Guest Stars

Harry S. Truman

Self - President of the United States 1945 - 1953 (archive footage)

Albert Einstein

Self - Physicist (archive footage)

Joseph Stalin

Self - Leader of the Soviet Union 1924 - 1953 (archive footage)

Tom Nichols

Self - Professor Emeritus, U.S. Naval War College

Garrett M. Graff

Self - Author, Raven Rock