The Cold War

Currently Playing: How the World Cup was affected by the Cold War

Our historical documentary series on the history of the Cold War continues with a look at the role and position the World Cup took during several moments of the Cold War. This includes the famous 1974 FRG/GDR match as well as the 1978 World Cup hosted by Argentina. Greatest Football Team to Never Win: https://youtu.be/3wSssxyB4tk US Bioweapons Program: https://youtu.be/12WyLu6WuBs The CIA's Poisoner-in-Chief: https://youtu.be/6zRat81cDrg The Soviet Economy: Brezhnev, Oil, & Stagnation: https://youtu.be/NUUZCD_XfjI The Soviet Economy: Revolution to Khrushchev: https://youtu.be/2arxTSPhr6g How Khrushchev Fed the Soviet People: https://youtu.be/qIZDa7ZcUhE How Khrushchev Housed Everyone: https://youtu.be/lazVrmC7IVQ Soviet Passport System: New Serfdom or Reform?: https://youtu.be/Dgr9F3WFsbo Soviet Education System: https://youtu.be/AD_JwbivtMA Communist Girl Scouts of America: https://youtu.be/QvgEHc0iyoQ ASALA, Armenia Secret Army: https://youtu.be/DFzIVfTNjH0 Amchitka Island Nuclear Test: https://youtu.be/Z89YnSS5RQA Soviet Criminal Underworld: https://youtu.be/zEJrivfLKGc Haiti and the Dominican Republic: https://youtu.be/apgYxvtDFQY Red Army Faction: https://youtu.be/wgYfTQJYCkI Colonial Indochina to 1945: https://youtu.be/uijOG8oYHgo First Indochina War pt. 1 GUERILLA: https://youtu.be/V9wSqx0W8h0 First Indochina War pt. 2 INTERNATIONALIZATION: https://youtu.be/58PAc7zAtSg Support us on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/TheColdWar, Youtube membership https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCGvq-qmjFmmMD4e-PLQqGg/join ✔ Merch store ► https://teespring.com/stores/thecoldwar ✔ Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/thecoldwar ✔ Facebook ► https://www.facebook.com/thecoldwartv ✔ Instagram ►http://www.instagram.com/thecoldwartv #ColdWar #ColdWarHistory #History #ModernHistory #WorldCup #GDR #DDR #football #soccer **SOURCES** BBC Sport. “East Germany 1-0 West Germany: The Cold War Clash at the 1974 World Cup.” BBC Sport, March 6, 2019. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47456049 Edelman, Robert, and Christopher Young, eds. The Whole World Was Watching: Sport in the Cold War. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2019. Lisi, Clemente Angelo. A History of the World Cup: 1930–2006. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2007. Parks, Jenifer. The Olympic Games, the Soviet Sports Bureaucracy, and the Cold War: Red Sport, Red Tape. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2017. Spurling, Jon. Death or Glory: The Dark History of the World Cup. Kingston upon Thames: Vision Sports Publishing, 2010. Vonnard, Philippe, Nicola Sbetti, and Grégory Quin, eds. Beyond Boycotts: Sport during the Cold War in Europe. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2018.