Secrets of War Cold War: Inside the CIA (Season 1, Episode 37)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 60 min | Documentary, History, War

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Secrets of War

Cold War: Inside the CIA (Season 1, Episode 37)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 60 min | Documentary, History, War

An inside perspective on the CIA agency and its secret missions throughout the Cold War. From revolutionary coups and election rigging to embassy spying, the West employed the CIA in controversial ways to win the Cold War.

Writer

Chris Mortensen (written by)

Producer

Chris Mortensen

Composer

Ramón Balcázar

Editor

Manny Madla

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Updated Nov 8, 1998

Release date

Nov 8, 1998 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

2 wins

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33 cast members

Name	Known for
Charlton Heston Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Ben-Hur (1959)
Richard Helms Self - Director of Central Intelligence 1966-1973 Self - Director of Central Intelligence 1966-1973 See fewer	Watergate (I) (1994)
Evan Thomas Self - Author 'The Very Best Men' Self - Author 'The Very Best Men' See fewer	Untitled Robert F. Kennedy Project
Thomas B. Allen Self - Co-Author 'Spy Book' (as Tom Allen) Self - Co-Author 'Spy Book' (as Tom Allen) See fewer	The Plutonium Incident (1980)
Christopher Andrew Self - Professor of History, Cambridge University Self - Professor of History, Cambridge University See fewer	D-Day: The King Who Fooled Hitler (2019)
Thomas F. Troy Self - Ret. CIA Staff Officer and Historian Self - Ret. CIA Staff Officer and Historian See fewer	Secrets of War (1998)
Peter Karlow Self - Ret. CIA Staff Officer Self - Ret. CIA Staff Officer See fewer	Secrets of War (1998)
Michael Lyubimov Self - Former KGB Officer Self - Former KGB Officer See fewer	Bring Back Kingdom
Arthur Schlesinger Jr. Self - Historian, Special Assistant to Pres. Kennedy (as Arthur Schlesinger) Self - Historian, Special Assistant to Pres. Kennedy (as Arthur Schlesinger) See fewer	Robert Kennedy and His Times (1985)
Sam Halpern Self - Ret. CIA Staff Officer Self - Ret. CIA Staff Officer See fewer	Made by Destruction (2016)
Walter Pfortzheimer Self - CIA Former Legislative Counsel Self - CIA Former Legislative Counsel See fewer	Secrets of War (1998)
Chase Brandon Self - CIA Senior Operations Officer Self - CIA Senior Operations Officer See fewer	The Recruit (2003)
Leonid Brezhnev Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Guest from the Island of Freedom (1963)
Fidel Castro Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Araaayyyyy!!! (1986)
Winston Churchill Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Matinee Theatre (1955)
John F. Kennedy Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Profiles in Courage (1964)
Nikita Khrushchev Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	This Hour Has Seven Days (1964)
Theodore Roosevelt Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Simple Gifts (1977)
Harry S. Truman Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The History of Sportfishing
Carlos Castillo Armas Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer
Richard M. Bissell Jr. Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer
George Blake Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Storyville (1997)
Allen Dulles Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Issues and Answers (1960)
Lyndon B. Johnson Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Spartamerika
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Robert F. Kennedy Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Missiles of October (1974)
Mohammed Mossadegh Self - Prime Minister of Iran (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Prime Minister of Iran (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Tehran Has No More Pomegrenates! (2007)
Richard Nixon Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Frost/Nixon (2008)
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Sandali
Oleg Penkovsky Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer
Kim Philby Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer
Kermit Roosevelt Jr. Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	World in Action (1963)
Adlai Stevenson Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Startime (I) (1959)