Cold War Historian Rates 9 Cold War Clashes In Movies | How Real Is It? | Insider

Wow this is one of the best vids I've seen on this channel please bring him back for more.

I love how James understand the metaphors in film making - not taking everything absolutely literally, but understanding that they need to use these things to get the point across in films.

When are we going to see, "Real Aliens review Alien Invasion movies"?

East Germany indeed had excellent surveillance. I was born and raised in West Germany. My dad traveled to East Germany and other countries behind the Iron Curtain to bring assistance to members of the clergy who were being discriminated. Sometimes a friend of his would come along to have an extra vehicle. During one of these trips in 1977, my dad was able to leave East Germany. His friend was stopped at the border when he tried to cross back into West Germany. The border guards asked him why he drove this strange routing. They knew exactly where he was on what days. They also asked him if he knew my dad (showing him a copy of my dad's passport). They of course already knew the answer. They ended up detaining him in East Germany and confiscated everything he had with him, including his car. The West German government had to "bail him out", pending trial. Everyone on both sides knew of course that he would not return for his trial and the bond would be forfeited. This was just another way for the East German government to obtain hard currency. After the Wall came down, the East German government informants were being exposed. My dad was shocked when some of these informants were shown on the German news, and one of the very people he had met during his travels (an East German church official) was among them.

Stanley Kubrick did his homework on Dr. Stangelove. That's why he got a 10.

Currently a student in Prof. Hershberg’s class! Great video and great professor

Such a shame that "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" isn't here. One of the best Cold War and Spies movie ever.

Favorite cold war movie? Easy.. Rocky 4

16:27 I love this. The only thing wrong about Oppenheimer is that it's too short :D :D :D

Love this guy for rating Dr.Strangelove 10/10.

You’re welcome Bridge of Spies 0:33 The Hunt for Red October 3:36 Dr. Strangelove 6:23 Charlie Wilson’s War 10:15 Wargames 12:42 Oppenheimer 14:32 Thirteen Days 16:31 The Lives of Others 17:33 The Manchurian Candidate 19:13

Love Professor Hershberger, he's a professor here and frequently does Cold War events on campus. Always amazing insights!

For all of the historical inaccuracies with Thirteen Days, it's still one of my favorite historical movies.

Thank you for doing this video, James Hershberg

I give his coat sleeves a 1.4, everybody knows the rules.

Thanks, great selection, and most films are of a pretty high quality. I'd point out as a Russian speaker that "13 days", despite some over dramatization, is pretty precise showing the Soviet approach, and gives a good impression of Soviet figures such as KGB resident (station chief) Alexander Fomin (real name Aleksandr Feklisov), who was the "back channel" between the White House and the Kremlin in the Cuba missile crisis and actually discussed it in his book years later (he died in 2007), and also Soviet ambassador Dobrynin, who served in Washington for 24 years and also wrote interesting memoirs (he died in 2010). One point about "Charlie Wilson's War" though: it's a pretty good film but it hypes up the Stinger thing too much. Soviet helicopter pilots were not going on missions speaking about their girlfriends, because the Mujahideen had heavy AA machine guns that were very dangerous to helis, and the introduction of the Stinger (in late 1986, 7 years after the start of the war) was not such a big game changer. I have someone in my family who served in the War in Afghanistan, and he noted the Stingers were an issue, but in some months, flares, beacons etc were placed on the helis to disorient the missiles, and the sorties being conducted at night limited the Mujahideen's capabilities. Eventually the Soviets adapted. By 1988 the supply of the missiles ended because reports came in the Mujahideen were selling them to Iran, and the Stingers didn't play a significant role in the Soviet decision to withdraw from Afghanistan.

i very much enjoyed this one, Mr. Hershberg in particular was an exceptional Host. Obviously extremely knowledgeable, and clearly very interested in the topic. He's got nice way of conveying information in a funny almost conversation manner, it felt less like a lecture and more like just two people discussing something, which i enjoyed. Hope to see the Professor again, he's got some great insight into a particularly interesting topic/s!

Well, this also needs to be 3 hours long. I would love to take his class.

Gillie and keeves would kill an Insider skit 😂

I would love to see a Part 2 to this video. Possible other titles could include: Missiles of October Ladybug, Ladybug Ice Station Zebra Fail Safe When the Wind Blows On the Beach For All Mankind