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Our historical documentary series on the history of the Cold War continues with a video examining the rise and influence of the automobile in American culture in the post-war period. It looks at how the automobile was positioned as an instrument of personal choice and freedom in opposition to communist collectivism. How the RAND Corporation created American strategy: https://youtu.be/J1mH_O7MzJk The Nuclear Wannabes: Sweden, Brazil and Argentina: https://youtu.be/1LpL6Q1s7TA Israel: the Officially Unofficial Nuclear State: https://youtu.be/dcXSkpRDp2k Taiwan Under the Kuomintang Dictatorship: https://youtu.be/nGYzXNpQclo What Happened to the German and Japanese POWs?: https://youtu.be/JLK1xQV9B84 Operation Paperclip: https://youtu.be/17cNgMpBiWw German Expulsions: https://youtu.be/zyWx4p4hiaY Soviet Education System: https://youtu.be/AD_JwbivtMA How Khrushchev Fed the Soviet People: https://youtu.be/qIZDa7ZcUhE How CIA Used Art Against the USSR: https://youtu.be/EPmomdCzomA How Nuclear Deterrence Theory developed: https://youtu.be/UHIsdbvsuOY America's Secret Nuclear Disaster: https://youtu.be/iXSSCdlTst4 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 #America #cars #automotive #automobile #carhistory #Ford #generalmotors #chrysler #SovietUnion SOURCES Designing Modern America: Broadway to Main Street by Christopher Innes – Chapter 9 https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1nq5d6.13 The American Drive-In by Michael Karl Witzel (1994) The Automobile in American History and Culture by Michael L. Berger (2001) Levins, Hoag. “Visions of Nuclear-Powered Cars Captivated Cold War America—But the Technology Never Really Worked.” Smithsonian Magazine, March 14, 2023. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/visions-of-nuclear-powered-cars-captivated-cold-war-america-but-the-technology-never-really-worked-180985437/. Cavanagh, John. “Amtrak, Federal Highways, and the Cold War.” Common Dreams, June 30, 2005. https://www.commondreams.org/views/2005/06/30/amtrak-federal-highways-and-cold-war. Walsh, Margaret. “Women and the Automobile in the United States.” AutoLife, University of Michigan-Dearborn. Accessed March 16, 2025. http://www.autolife.umd.umich.edu/Gender/Walsh/G_Overview3.htm. Loftus, Jack. “Tail Fins Rising.” Car of the Century. Accessed November 19, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121119180658/http://www.carofthecentury.com/tail_fins_rising.htm. Weingroff, Richard F. “Genie in a Bottle: The Interstate System and Urban Problems, 1939–1957.” Public Roads, U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, September–October 2000. https://highways.dot.gov/public-roads/septoct-2000/genie-bottle-interstate-system-and-urban-problems-1939-1957. Nebraska Studies. “Living in an Atomic Age: Roads & Cars.” Nebraska Studies, Nebraska Department of Education. Accessed March 16, 2025. https://nebraskastudies.org/en/1950-1974/living-in-an-atomic-age/roads-cars/. Vintage Lifestyle. “Exploring the Iconic Era of 1950s Cars: From Design to Cultural Impact.” Vintage Lifestyle, accessed March 16, 2025. https://vintagelifestyle.com/exploring-the-iconic-era-of-1950s-cars-from-design-to-cultural-impact/.