World War 1990: Ireland The Third World War is over and the West has won But the world is not at peace. From Yugoslavia to Iraq dictators plot their moves in the post war world. A communist insurgency rages in Cuba. In Moscow, the new and uncertain premier struggles to hold the fraying Soviet Union together. An exhausted President Bush ponders his political future while members of the administration battle to be his successor. When a rogue IRA agent makes an attempt on Prime Minister Thatcher’s life, chaos engulfs Northern Ireland and threatens the Republic. While Washington urges restraint, Whitehall prepares for war.