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Our historical documentary series on the history of the Cold War continues with aa more-light-hearted topic than what we normally cover, namely a 1989 musical encapsulation of Cold War history as told by Billy Joel in his hit song, "We Didn't Start the Fire". Sit back as we explain *all* of the references! Lebanese Civil War:1958: https://youtu.be/SLo3TZosj3w Algerian Civil War: https://youtu.be/PfNIB2b90WY Congo Crisis: https://youtu.be/YxUWfbbcKYc Transnistria and Moldova Origins: https://youtu.be/C26rbou4jy4 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 Tourism: https://youtu.be/t9KrH-xG20Q 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 Project Iceworm: Nukes Under the Ice: https://youtu.be/ePT8gp0LKsk Haiti and the Dominican Republic: https://youtu.be/apgYxvtDFQY Red Army Faction: https://youtu.be/wgYfTQJYCkI Colonial Indochina to 1945: https://youtu.be/uijOG8oYHgo 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 #history #communism #USSR #USA #America #ColdWarHistory #history #wedidntstartthefire #BillyJoel #music #coldwarmusic **SOURCES** https://www.smoothradio.com/artists/billy-joel/we-didnt-start-fire-country-song-video/ https://adst.org/2013/07/we-didnt-start-the-fire/#:~:text=Billy%20Joel%2C%20a%20self%2Ddescribed,things%20when%20I%20was%2021%E2%80%9D. https://www.populismstudies.org/Vocabulary/mccarthyism/ https://www.britannica.com/list/all-119-references-in-we-didnt-start-the-fire-explained https://www.cbc.ca/archives/how-billy-joel-wrote-we-didn-t-start-the-fire-1.5443541