After World War II, two ideologies fights for world domination, communism and capitalism. As the tension between USSR and USA elevates, it is evident that if another nuclear war breaks out, it is Mutually Assured Destruction (M.A.D.).
MAD World examines how the world was changed forever by the Cold War. Over eight episodes, remarkable film from the time shows how the build up of nuclear arms and the mistrust between West and East instilled terror across the globe. First hand accounts bring the stories to life as we talk to pilots drilled to drop the bomb, families split in two by the Iron Curtain and escaped dissidents who lived in fear of torture and execution.—Jon Loew