Just as the H-bomb was the start of something bigger, so Knappenberger uses Oppenheimer’s life and times as a springboard.

In the 1950s, the Cold War showdown between the United States ... In 1952, the U.S. tested its first hydrogen bomb, also known as a thermonuclear bomb. Compared to the earlier atomic bombs ...

The Nation argued against the development of the hydrogen bomb in terms that apply to Edward Snowden’s revelations about the surveillance state today. Nuclear weapons test of the Bikini Atoll as ...

Across the nine episodes of Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War, director Brian Knappenberger leads viewers through an urgently needed history lesson that not only contextualizes modern ...