the identification of russian nationalism with soviet communism is an important aspect of soviet propaganda. perhaps the achievements of the soviet union since the revolution have been purchased at such great personal and national sacrifice, the soviet union's status as world power allows the regime to draw from a deep well of the brush and a personality, love of country. they have played on this impulse with a considerable degree of success, and by cleverly tying russian nationalism to communism, has produced soviet patriotism. the result is an important social bond, even among members of national minority groups. the party fully utilizes propaganda, portraying soviet involvement in the third world as benevolent aid to countries trying to fight so-called western imperialism. the victory over nazi germany in world war ii provides an inexhaustible source of pride in the average citizen. the party identifies itself with that great achievement by prescribing the war is a struggle behalf of the soviet people under the guidance of the communist party. this theme will receive greater emphasis on

the soviet media seems bent on portraying to the soviet people a similar vision of america. >> up next on "reel america," we continue to look at 1980's cia briefings on the soviet union. this details what the agency argued was a vast system of indoctrination in the soviet union, which discouraged individualism and encouraged passive acceptance of kremlin rule from cradle to grave. in 2011, the cia's information management services declassified over 200 documents regarding intelligence on the soviet union that the cia provided the reagan administration. included in the release were video briefings created by the directorate of intelligence for policymakers. >> the soviet communist party has not faced a serious internal threat to its political rule since the 1920's. yet, after years of force sacrifices by the population, shortages of food and clothing persist. housing remains inadequate. intellectual and artistic expression are stifled. and growing corruption reaches all levels of society. the soviet people respond with public displays of cynicism, but they almost never openly challenge

the soviet media seems bent on ukraine to the soviet people a similar vision of america.p next on "reel america," continue to look at 1980's briefings on the soviet union. minute the 15 unit -- 15 film from 1985. in 2011, the cia information management service declassified over 200 documents according intelligence on the soviet union that the cia provided at reagan administration. included were video briefings traded by the directorate of intelligence for policymakers. >> the soviet communist party has not faced a serious internal threat to its political rule since the 1920's. yet after years of force sacrifices by the population, shortages of food and clothing process. housing remains inadequate. intellectual and artistic expression are stifled.

the soviet media seems bent on portraying to the soviet people a similar vision of america.ks of railamerica, we take a look at video great things on the soviet union. is a 15rnal propaganda minute film from 1995, and telling what the cia argues is a vast system of indoctrination that discourages individualism and encourages passive acceptance of chrome and roles from cradle-to-grave. in 2011, the information management service classified over 200 documents regarding intelligent on the soviet union. the cia provided the reagan administration, including enemies were video briefings created by the director of intelligence for policymakers.

this broadly distorted statement is aimed at convincing the soviet people that soviet communism worksuch better by providing economic security for them. the u.s. economy, as described by the soviet media, is being driven by rating militarism. defense spending is reported to be the cause of unemployment in civilian industries, and also the cause of the huge federal deficit. the soviet defense ministry newspaper says that american young people are receiving militarist brainwashing from films like "rambo." also included as malicious and distorted is a film about a kgb agent on the job in the u.s. and "red dawn," which depicts the invasion of colorado by soviet and cuban troops. that same paper said president reagan has personally participated in the brainwashing by calling on american youngsters to model themselves after john wayne. the degree to which personal attacks are leveled on the american president and other high american officials will will very according to , immediate political circumstances in soviet-american relations. such attacks are part of a more general assault by the s

the soviet media seems bent on portraying to the soviet people a similar vision of america. works of up next, we continue to take a look at the soviet union. the internal propaganda is a 15 minute film from 1995, and telling what the cia argues is a vast system of indoctrination that discourages individualism and encourages passive acceptance of chrome and roles from cradle-to-grave. in 2011, the information management service classified over 200 documents regarding intelligent on the soviet union. the cia provided the reagan administration, including enemies were video briefings created by the director of intelligence for policymakers. >> the soviet communist party has not faced a serious internal threat to its political rule since the 1920's. yet after years of force sacrifices by the population, shortages of food and clothing process. housing remains inadequate. intellectual and artistic expression are stifled. and growing corruption reaches all levels of society. the soviet people respond with the public displays of cynicism, but they almost never openly challenge the au

the ar strike against soviet union. the number two was protecting lanes because a we knew the germans had tried in to cut off europe from the united states and world war ii in with submarines and will failed. but with the numbers of soviets were producing in one kwraoyear 60 o they could probably do it. so, we spent a lot of time, resources in the concept of protecting the convoys, which it turns out the soviets were not phrafpbing to go after. planning to go after. that was a secondary mission for them. i will close by saying there evening i will go into much more etail with some of the documents. also, i must take issue with my panel members. i often take issues with organizations and some of you me on tv and read my books and articles. totallyay the c.i.a. is wrong, incorrects and just unbelievably bad during the cold war lots of shots were fired and several score americans and score russians were kill killed. i will be happy to go into afterwards. thank you. >> i think he would like to make statement, too. the refer

or would soviet union. [inaudible] >> hello. a fulbright scholar, i'm going to ask you about the role of global institutions. i'm wondering how you would respond to the criticism that even if you call this book of world history, is still a history of east versus west. still history of the global north. if we look at the role of global institutions before the global society what we see is a very dynamic discussion about the experiences some of socialism and the ideas of regimes versus global socialist regimes. we also see a dynamism and evolution of ideas of the systems coming from global countries themselves. i wonder how you would respond to that criticism and where these actors in your story? >> so the questions do me a great honor by coming to listen to me. your own work has influenced my understanding of the cold war. if we had change, in a way it would've been a different book, it depends on how you employ the true terms. the reason why called my 2005 is built into the cold war the book as you know is best understood as a f

and it was not because the local party was pro-soviet, because it was not particularly pro-soviet. my question then is, what do you think was china's relationship to indigenous communist parties in this kind of cold war context? gregg: i think that is a very good question and i am sure that your regulations would be very fascinating to hear more about. -- first, let me say this is the time you were there, one of the reasons china kept a relatively hands-off attitude towards the communist parties was because it was very genuinely interested in trying to build trust. right? a lot of these countries, especially ones in the middle east and the arab world and africa, they did not know a lot about china and they were concerned that if they established relations with china, what is china going to do, they are going to enter the communist party and spread it to their countries. they were nationalists, but they were not revolutionary. so china at the time was trying to say to these countries, we are not going to overthrow your government, we are just interested in peaceful, normal relations

his client is the soviet government.the workmen giving a face-lift. >> potholes are suddenly getting filled. fresh vegetables are appearing in the stores and new skoflding is everywhere as painters give parts of moscow a new face-lift. >> would you believe 10,000 official soviet summit t-shirts made in the usa? they're on their way to moscow and tass expects to earn about $2 hundred,000 from hard currency from reporters and others looking for a way to remember the summit. there are some in this administration who think teaching the soviets the latest in pr techniques is just as dangerous as selling then in the latest in high technology. and who knows better than ronald reagan the importance of great communication? >> after all the rhetoric which the senate debate produced senators decided overwhelmingel the treaty is a good one. it was approved by the senate this afternoon. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> this is done for the sake of peace. >> do you still think we're an evil empire, mr. president? >> no. >> why not? >> well -- >> are you ha

directly to the soviet and american people. be the first direct address to the american people by a soviet leader since 1973. ♪ >> translator: it is reality of today's world that it is senseless to seek greater security for one's self through new type also of weapons. at present every step in the arms race increases the danger and risk for both sides and for all human kind. i wish you a happy new year. to every american family i wish good health, peace and happiness. >> check. is the mike on? >> yes, it is. >> oh, all right. >> a few words. >> okay. good evening. this is ronald reagan, president of the united states of america. got no history books over there, no things? i am pleased to speak to you on the occasion of -- >> are you okay? >> good evening, everyone. this is ronald reagan. president of the united states of america. i am pleased to speak to you on the occasion of the new year. on behalf of the american people, i wish you all a happy and healthy new year. let's work together to make it a year of peace. there is no b

borders soviet union helped build and to have options a second. thanks for talking to you professor at the national institute of languages and civilizations you know. saudi arabia suspended its dialogue with kantaras qatari media were accused of misreporting phone conversations between the emir of qatar and saudi arabia's defense minister donald trump urged the gulf states teen night against iran and expressed his willingness to act as mediator between doha and riyadh early though the u.s. president to lead counsel was a sponsor of terrorism if i can help mediate between cutter and in particular the u.a.e. and saudi arabia i would be willing to do so the nation of qatar unfortunately has historically been a funder of terrorism. at a very high level donald trump made those remarks in june when four countries in the region first diplomatic transport links with the gulf nation saudi arabia egypt bahrain and the u.a.e. all accuse capital of supporting terrorism the us has its largest air base in the middle east encounter around eleven thousand america

we knew the soviet services. we knew them probably better than almost any individual working in them. and you have to -- at times you have to think like the opposition. it's that old story, anybody -- there are a number of you here who saw george c. scott in patton, when he said, rommel, you sob, i read your book, and that's really what it is. that's part of it. anymore questions? >> one more. if all this evidence and he was convicted, -- i have to say this rhetorically. why was he given life instead of the death penalty? sandra: a good question. that all that was on the federal books. at the time, and i think this went back -- i am not positive but i think this went back years to frank church, the church committee. i think that's what it was, and i think it was death only in times of war, and might not even have been that. however, what did happen because of ames, the death penalty was put back on the books, and robert hansen faced death, but instead i think he got something even worse. he went to supermax in co

. >> host: what was the soviet reaction? >> guest: they were not happy. they were a little bit shocked that we would take that kind of a position of strength and that kind of a commitment, if you will to the freedom and liberty of eastern and central europe. and so they thought to themselves, what can we do? they put the pressure on both greece and turkey. the reaction to that what's truman doctrine. they began agitating, prop propagandize fog france and england and belgium and netherlands and our reaction to that was not only the marshall plan but also a mill tar alliance, nato. that really truly brought about a serious commitment on both sides to a cold war. >> host: how did these two super powers use surrogates during the cold war? >> guest: both of them used surrogates. for the russians it was the moscow pact in which they brought everybody from eastern to and central europe into and it began saying to them, all right, these are positions you must take for the greater good of bringing bat communist world. we, through nat

thirty eight years old member of the soviet times i remember soviet. and i don't want that back. he's not you know it's not granted. as we can see in the front today even though he knows the story on its own could never defeat russia with a population of just one point three million they're out numbered one hundred to one. we're leaving. but he believes they could inflict enough pain to make moscow think twice. if we don't actually face to invade other countries the more we're exercise the less likely somebody to attack us but i think that second guess this must be as expensive as possible. you just have to glance at the map to see why a stone is weary. it's not only dwarfed by russia which is nearly four hundred times its size it's seen how easily moscow can take back former soviet territory in twenty fourteen and captured ukraine's province of crimea with barely a shot fired. that moscow sent in soldiers guns at popstars supposedly to protect crimea as russian. russian media warned they were about to be attacked by ukraine's new pro western governments. that. just anybody. that

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and soviet union as moral equals. mr. reagan came to the berlin wall to try to prove that isn't so. >> thank you. there is one sign the soviets can make that would be unmistakable. general secretary gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the soviet union and eastern europe, if you seek liberalization, mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> berlin is in the middle of celebrations of its 750th anniversary. the president suggested this occasion could bring the two sides of the city together. but it hasn't. mr. gorbachev's already established himself as a shrewd political chess player. when mr. gorbachev is weak, however, is at home with an ailing economy. mr. gorbachev's dilemma is that he cannot move any faster than he can drag along party conservatives and the old guard. an agreement could politically strengthen his hand to deal with his greatest need at home, modernizing a third world economy. >> yes, i have a very brief statement. i'm pleased to report that i'm in route to denver here. i received a call

border soviet union helped poland to house ushered second. ok can see behind me now live pictures coming from florida we're showing you this because these are the first signs of the arrival there of hurricane you can see the gust building officials are warning of a large scale catastrophe in the offing the storm has weakened somewhat to a category three but it is expected to strengthen once again so every day one of the most powerful and take ocean hurricanes in recorded history has been also battering cuba which lies around four hundred kilometers south of miami and has left a trail of devastation in its white. heads towards the southern u.s. sky. panic stricken citizens have begun to flee. too many state highways were clogged with thousands of vehicles and gas stations have been running out of fuel the traffic nightmare. and it is being getting steadily worse. the florida governor's warned people in the leave. residents you've chosen to stay are taking precautions to try and avoid the damaged includes boarding up their windows. donovan has

border soviet union helped fall into house after the second war. now these pictures behind me from florida showing the first signs of the arrival of hurricane officials are warning of a large scale catastrophe that the storm has weakened somewhat it's now category three but it is expected to strengthen once again and it's already been one of the most powerful atlantic ocean hurricanes in recorded history as well as that it's been battering cuba which lies about four hundred kilometers south of miami and it has left there a trail of devastation in its wake. as the eye of the storm heads for the southern u.s. coast panic stricken citizens have started to flee the state on mass to maine interstate highways were clogged with thousands of vehicles gas stations have been running out of fuel traffic nightmare began on wednesday and it's only gotten worse . the florida governor is those people in his path to leave now the residents who've chosen to stay have been taking precautions to damage including boarding up their windows. donovan. through the morning

where the soviets had matched us. they'd spent a decade and a half developing a blue ocean navy, a nuclear arsenal that roughly equivalent with ours, maybe, all right, and with sdi, reagan say, no, no, no, no, we will also bring to bear in this struggle our economic and technical dynamism and whether we can hit, knock mislsz out of the sky and provide a perfect -- who knows. if we start doing research, we bring to bear our economic and technical dynamism and you can't match us and gorbachev went to reykjavik and jumped him, remember reykjavik was supposed to be a pre-summit summit. gorbachev went there essentially with a trap, said mr. president, look at all you can have. he went to bed that night feeling pretty well and the next morning mr. gorbachev said there's one little detail, confine sdi to laboratory testing and reagan said no. and that strikes me as decisive because gorbachev goes back to moscow, and the game is over. it's correct that they cannot equal or technical dynamism. they just can't play that game. i

the present was a soviet cartoonist's depiction of two presidents as boxers having just knocked out thewar with the world as referee. >> george bush and brent scowcroft, his national security adviser, liked to fish together and one summer, they were fishing and they were thinking about what kind of world would emerge after all the dominoes had fallen. it's very rare that the world is so fluid and flexible that world leaders can think this way, talking about what the world should be, what it could be. what they imagined was the world that didn't happen after world war ii. the world of collective security, of big powers, sharing responsibility for preventing war. they used the term new world order. how do you achieve it? ♪ when heartburn hits fight back fast with tums chewy bites. fast relief in every bite. crunchy outside. chewy inside. tum tum tum tum tums chewy bites. so let me get this straight. you're a rabbit? im vern, the orange money retirement rabbit, from voya. riiight. and that means...? i'm the money you save for retirement. i help you get organized so your money could multipl

union the dissolution of the soviet dissolution of the soviet union in one thousand nine hundred two and the emergence of the us as a hyper power striking the world. so what we're left with in north korea and specifically is that russia and china but neither one of them are proponents real proponents of the regime in north korea their people and it's not a real communist not that russia and china are communist anymore no matter how much americans like to believe that they are they certainly don't want a nuclear arms race in their backyards east asia but japan south korea looking develop nuclear weapons they don't want to but they don't want north korea to collapse. unilaterally with u.s. military bases running up north korean peninsula and you know they're you know faster because they want to be organic dissolution of north korea and the united korea the u.s. will never allow that to happen on terms that would allow south korea to emerge with its own sense of geopolitics that might draw even a little bit closer to china and towards more historical tag unism with japan. but i see this

want to be the white house soviet specialist? and as a result i got be the white house solvee spiey, at the end of the the cold war. >> host: do you speech russian? sunny do. >> host: so, after that administration, was over, you went back to stanford. >> guest: i did. >> host: then when george w. bush was running for president, how did you get involved with that? >> guest: i went back to stanford. i was provost., the chief operating officer of the university and a very happy academic but george h.w. bush called me who said my son is governor of texas, thinking about running for president and i'd like you to talk to him about foreign policy. i spent a couple of days with him and after a little while he asked me to organize his foreign policy in the campaign, and that's how i got involved with george w. bush. >> host: so were you surprised he asked you to be in the national security adviser at the beginning of that administration. >> guest: by the time we get to his election, i figured i would probably go into the administration an

built during the former soviet era, city hall has no elevators.chem must get to his office on the third floor each day with the help of a staff. this european-made chair lift for overwhewheelchairs was expr installed for his use. as a member of the city council, his goal is to make vladivostok an access-friendly city. he wants to help people with disabilities using his own experiences. >> translator: i am fully aware of what the disabled people require. the most pressing issue is the lack of facilities for people with disabilities. >> achem lives with his parents in a suburb of the at this. wi -- city. with the assistance of his mother, he follows a daily regimen of physical rehabilitation. >> translator: see how tall i am in when i'm in may overwhelm cha -- my wheelchair, i look short. this is how i work my body. it improves is circulation. >> achem works here when he is at home. a painting hangs on the wall. it shows a bird trying to swallow a frog, but the frog is fighting back by grabbing the bird by the throat. the word the in russian say "ne

and so what happened was the soviets boycotted, and the u.s. was able to get it passed through the u.n. first, a statement of condemnation for the act of aggression by north korea, and then military forces from u.n. nations to help protect and defend south korea. all told, 21 nations sent either troops or personnel with expertise to aid the war effort. so it's actually a united nations expedition but it was placed under the overall command of douglas macarthur. macarthur, of course, was a great world war ii hero. he was actually a world war i hero. so people felt really good about having macarthur in charge. fortunately, we're able to stabilize our position barely at pusan and slowly build up our forces. the 8th army was commanded by walton walker. walton walker was a corps commander in patton's army. he's a really experienced combat soldier and a very fine officer. macarthur however came up with a concept to crush the north koreans. his idea was that walker in the pusan perimeter would launch an attack out meanwhile he would launch an amphibio

and i know soviet force labor.ve me three days and when we got on and decided to leave that night. not accept the proposal it was the most important thing was to get out of the russian zone. >> are these people politicians or persons who played with politics? >> because i did not belong to the party and i had to find an escape. i was suddenly drafted to work in a big mining company. a sense i had been in the army, they wanted me for a special job. they gave me all this to teach the workers how to shoot. d and a friend more me they would force me to do it. >> are they playing ordinary people like you and me? produced special wagons which were used. the bolsheviks were determined to find a way. because they could not find a reason, they open them up. this was based on the phony charge that the keeping of the last five years was absolutely incorrect. my bookkeeping was correct. they wanted a factory and in order to get it legally, one of people had to be a sentence in prison for hard labor appeared obviously, i would

they might be anti-soviet on the other, they were very pro-soviet, very grateful that so much have beenone for our world fair. ♪ of the fair came in early may of 1974. it's about 80,000 people who came to that. is a openingd speech. >> it's a great privilege to be toe on this beautiful day speak about what this particular occasion means, not only are now, and the days ahead in this summer. maybe millions will come to see it. looking down to the faces of history perhaps for the year 2000 -- 25 years from now. we celebrated new year that comes once a month thousand years. and when we look back to see a new yearnow -- that was not only the greatest new year for america but for every nation in the world. today we speak with the environment in terms that we should. when you share in the water/that this be a part of all of those other things that have to do with making our cities and towns and countryside more youthful. for children and those that follow us. another aspect of environments that occurs to each of us/is what this magnificent expo is going to leave as a legacy. it -- it will leav

but on the one hand, they might be anti-soviet, but on the other hand, they were very pro-soviet and very grateful that so much had been done for our worlds fair. the opening of the fair came in early may of 1974. and about 80,000 people came to that and richard nixon, president and said, gave the opening speech. -- president nixon, gave the opening speech. >> it is a pleasure to be here on this sparkling opening day to speak about what this particular occasion means, not only for now, and the days ahead in the summer where i hope hundreds of thousands and maybe millions will come to see it. but down on the pages of history perhaps to the year 2000, 25 years from now, when we celebrate a new year's that comes once in a thousand years. back to seelook what we did now to make that a theyear that was not only greatest new year for america, but for every nation in the world. today we speak of the environment in terms as we should of cleaning up the air and the water, of a legacy of parks, of all of those other things that have to do with making our cities and our towns and our countrysid

and the soviet union. >> you think about your families, the people up the street.t does washington know about these people? they don't care. >> these crazy people want to destroy this entire world, and all of us in it. >> their new missiles on their side of europe. our new missiles on our side. two opponents who know little more of each other than what they see on their tv screens. >> let us be aware that while they preach the supremacy of the state, they are the focus of evil in the modern world. [ applause ] >> and action. >> this is an abc news special report. an address by the president of the united states. here is correspondent ted koppel. >> the president is going to speak on the balance of power between the united states and soviet union. now here from the oval office is president reagan. >> my fellow americans, thank you for sharing your time with me tonight. the advanced policy of the united states is based on a simple premise, the united states does not start fights. we will never be an aggressor. we maintain our strength in order to deter and defend aga

border soviet union helped build into house. at least a three hundred thousand rohingya muslims have fled to me and over the past two weeks according to the united nations refugee say the military has burned down their villages although the government denies this. please. cut. it with. the cursor to the. there was. some i assessed see i was bleeding and could not even lift my hand i had to find a stick with support i walk slowly with the people who came here after breaching here i was taken to the hospital. the military crackdown has dealt a blow to the reputation of the country's de facto leader aung san suu kyi previously earned global respect for campaigning for democracy and won the nobel peace prize for her nonviolent struggle for human rights. now fish oils around the world have called for her to be stripped of that prize however no but i'll committee says it cannot be reviled there is a lot at how the prestigious award is sometimes accused of being politically motivated. the noble peace prize is supposed to honor those wh