How the US and the USSR almost Abolished Their Nuclear Weapons: Reykjavik 1986
15K views · Aug 16, 2026 · Education
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@OctavioOrtiz-q4f · 1 month ago
In you next video? Could you talk about the forgotten republic of Tannu Tuva which was annexed by the Soviet union and was one of the three only communist nations during the early Soviet era
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@alanprior7650 · 1 month ago
If Reagan saw "The Day After" and altered his views...imagine if Thatcher gave him a copy of "Threads" from the BBC! 😂
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@Soupdragon-y1f · 1 month ago
I’d love a video on the 1983 war scare. I read Taylor Downing’s book about it and found the lack of understanding that both sides had of the other’s outlook absolutely fascinating.
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@alex4863 · 1 month ago (edited)
I'd love to see a video about the communist satellite's reaction to when a new head took power within the Soviet Union
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@queenofdramatech · 1 month ago
Love this every Sunday!!!
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@ekmalsukarno2302 · 1 month ago
The Cold War, can you please make a video on the history of Argentina during the era of Juan Peron. That way, all your viewers and subscribers will learn about how the Falklands dispute between Argentina and Britain began. Thank you very much.
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@davidk7324 · 1 month ago (edited)
Nice work, good context. Thanks for the REFORGER call-out -- and foreshadowing --
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@georgemetcalf8763 · 1 month ago
The two biggest superpowers getting rid of their nuclear deterrent? It's like Tom Clancy's novels post Sum of All Fears. Barf, moreso, anyway. Such a dog's breakfast he made put of what could have been good stories.
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@bigsarge2085 · 1 month ago
Interesting!
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@sourabhmayekar3354 · 1 month ago
Nice
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@denniswallick9814 · 1 month ago
Reagan's insistence on Star Wars made the summit a non-starter. It was certainly a violation of the spirit (if not the letter) of the 1972 ABM Treaty. Combined with the fact that the US had never ratified the 1979 SALT II Treaty and Reagan's public belligerent tone towards the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union was deeply suspicious of any promises from the U.S. Reykjavik did help start the conversation, but ultimately that was overcome by the events internal to the USSR that brought about its dissolution.
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@MeditationsXCVII · 1 month ago
Extremely doubtful we would have just gone highly classified or developed it under a fellow government. In no world would we have given it up and forgot.
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