In part seven, The Cold War, it was a war that did not allow for battles between the two main combatants, the USA and the USSR, because their combined atomic weapons would have led to their total annihilation. Events covered in part 7: 1952 - The Marshall Plan wins the batle for Western Europe, 1954 - John Foster Dulles becomes Eisenhower's Cold War Warrior, 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis, 1964 - Vietnam War: Congress passes Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, 1968 - Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive. In part eight, The Police Wars, when the Vietnam War ended, it was clear that America had experienced a devastating defeat to their communist adversary. However, the mighty USA soon reemerged as the single super-power and the police force of the world. Events covered in part 8: 1973 - Vietnam War: Cease-fire ends war, 1983 - The Grenada Conflict, 1990 - The Gulf War, 1991 - End of the Cold War and 2003 - Gulf War II. (This DVD contains downloadable historical overviews, maps and timelines).