The American Experience Announces Cold War Website

Posted on January 12, 1999

Pick a target, detonate a device and view the awesome power of a thermonuclear explosion in "Race for the Superbomb," a new Web feature from The American Experience Online.

At the dawn of the Cold War, the United States initiated a top-secret program to build a weapon even more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Japan. A world away, on the frozen steppes of Siberia, the Soviet Union began a similar effort. The American Experience Online unravels the web of spies and scientists, intrigue and deception that marked the race to develop the "super" or hydrogen bomb. The Race for the Superbomb website accompanies a two-hour special airing on The American Experience Monday, January 11, at 9pm on PBS (check local listings).

The American Experience Online produces a companion website for every new television broadcast of The American Experience, with information beyond the broadcast including program schedules, teacher guides, audience feedback, and links to related sites. The American Experience Online also produces WayBack: US History for Kids, a US history webzine targeted to kids ages 9 to 13.