Communist Revolutionaries: When USSR Came Knocking On Reagans Borders, M. A. D World, Timeline

The Cold War: When nuclear weapons kept the entire world on the edge of Mutually Assured Destruction. As Russia, China and the USA flex their military muscles on the global stage today, World takes a close look at the last time we were threatened by the might of world superpowers: The Cold War. In this episode: The Caribbean island paradise of Grenada has a Marxist government and its just three and a half hours flight from Miami. When a violent coup installs an extremist leader, the USA moves swiftly. Overnight, they send in troops to invade the island and take over the government. The corrupt and brutal military dictatorship of Nicaragua is crushed by a national rebellion but the rebels are Marxist. The USA funds the counterrevolutionaries in a scandal that goes right to the top of the US Government. Ronald Reagan announces a new arms program that is so far from reality it is quickly dubbed Star Wars. The program aims to use a range of futuristic techn