Introduction

This episode is all about the atom bomb, the dawn of the nuclear age and how that story unfolded right alongside the events of our main narrative. America would back up its hardline anti-communist diplomacy and covert action in harsher and harsher ways as the power of its nuclear stockpile grew deadlier and deadlier. And if you haven't gotten to the missile crisis part of the season yet, then don't worry. Consider this some table setting.