GB 0099 KCLMA Cold War - Cold War television documentary archive

32 boxes (0.32 cubic metres)

Transcripts of interviews with Richard Norman Perle (Mar 1997), and Roger Morris (Mar 1997) were missing from the main transcript series when archive was transferred.
GB 0099 KCLMA Cold War 1995-1998 Collection level 32 boxes (0.32 cubic metres) Jeremy Isaacs Productions

The Cold War, a 24 part television documentary series conceived by Robert Edward (Ted) Turner, and produced by Jeremy Isaacs Productions for CNN (Cable News Network), broadcast on BBC2, 1998-1999.

Transcripts of interviews with Richard Norman Perle (Mar 1997), and Roger Morris (Mar 1997) were missing from the main transcript series when archive was transferred.

Presented to the Centre by Richard Melman, of Jeremy Isaacs Productions, London, 8 Jun 1999.

The Cold War television documentary archive consists of transcripts of 531 interviews concerning events of the Cold War - the political, ideological tension between the United States and the United Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR), 1946-1989, following the end of World War Two, which while falling short of actual war between these two nations, was evident in their foreign and defence policies, and those of their allies.

Interviews were conducted with eyewitnesses from the US, USSR, Germany, Poland, Britain, Czechoslovakia, Italy, France, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Spain, Vietnam, Korea, China, Israel Egypt, South Africa, Angola, Cuba, Chile, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Afghanistan and Pakistan, and including politicians, policy makers and advisors, diplomats, journalists, academics, members of armed forces, dissidents, peasants, factory workers and civilians.

Events described include the Berlin blockade, 1948-1949, the Berlin Crisis, 1961, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Oct 1962, the Vietnam War, 1965-1975, the Korean War, 1950-1953, the Hungarian uprising, 1956, the Prague Spring, 1968, the nuclear arms race, 1945-1991, and Chinese communism, 1949-1972.

The collections also contains transcripts of a series of seminars on the Cold War, Oct 1995, as well as an incomplete series of files relating to individual episodes of the documentary series including annotated extracts of interview transcripts and other production information. (Transcripts in this section of the collection are mainly duplicates, however there are a small number which are not found in the main transcript series).

The collection is arranged in sections as described in scope and content. The interview transcripts, originally kept in chronological order of filming, have been arranged by country and then in chronological order.

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.
English

Detailed catalogue available on-line and in hard copy in the College Archives reading room.

Compiled by Alison Field and Iain Mutch as part of the RSLP DOMIC project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. May 2002 Afghanistan Angola Arms control Arms race Bay of Pigs Berlin Blockade, 1948 Caribbean Central America Chile China Collectivism Communism Cuba Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) Czechoslovakia Defence Disarmament East Asia Eastern Europe East West relations Economic sanctions El Salvador Europe France German DR Germany Germany FR Glasnost Government Government policy Guatemala Hungary Internal politics International conflicts International relations International security International tensions Israel Italy Korea Korea DPR Korean War (1950-1953) Korea R Latvia Lithuania Middle East Nicaragua North America Pakistan Peace Poland Political conflicts Political crises Political doctrines Political leadership Political science Politicians Politics South Africa South America South Asia South East Asia Southern Africa Spain State security UK USA USSR Viet Nam War Western Europe Wars (events) London England

Presented to the Centre by Richard Melman, of Jeremy Isaacs Productions, London, 8 Jun 1999.

The Cold War television documentary archive consists of transcripts of 531 interviews concerning events of the Cold War - the political, ideological tension between the United States and the United Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR), 1946-1989, following the end of World War Two, which while falling short of actual war between these two nations, was evident in their foreign and defence policies, and those of their allies.

Interviews were conducted with eyewitnesses from the US, USSR, Germany, Poland, Britain, Czechoslovakia, Italy, France, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Spain, Vietnam, Korea, China, Israel Egypt, South Africa, Angola, Cuba, Chile, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Afghanistan and Pakistan, and including politicians, policy makers and advisors, diplomats, journalists, academics, members of armed forces, dissidents, peasants, factory workers and civilians.

Events described include the Berlin blockade, 1948-1949, the Berlin Crisis, 1961, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Oct 1962, the Vietnam War, 1965-1975, the Korean War, 1950-1953, the Hungarian uprising, 1956, the Prague Spring, 1968, the nuclear arms race, 1945-1991, and Chinese communism, 1949-1972.

The collections also contains transcripts of a series of seminars on the Cold War, Oct 1995, as well as an incomplete series of files relating to individual episodes of the documentary series including annotated extracts of interview transcripts and other production information. (Transcripts in this section of the collection are mainly duplicates, however there are a small number which are not found in the main transcript series).

The collection is arranged in sections as described in scope and content. The interview transcripts, originally kept in chronological order of filming, have been arranged by country and then in chronological order.

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.

• English

• Latin

English

Detailed catalogue available on-line and in hard copy in the College Archives reading room.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• English