The fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989 did not simply close a chapter in European history;...
Cold War
To understand Roy Cohn is not to understand a villain. It is to understand a system that...
If you imagine a movie based on the classic Tetris video game, you might expect a bright,...
With both sides in the Cold War having nuclear capability, an arms race developed. Introduction The nuclear arms...
Polish intelligence officer Michal Goleniewski was a valuable CIA asset between his defection and the Agency’s decision...
Architecture is a privileged lens to study collaboration, and its institutional, technological, and personal continuities. Recent reports...
Examining Mexico’s international strategy of economic development in these turbulent years. Introduction: Latin America’s Development Strategies versus...
The United States was a relative latecomer to the world of mass propaganda and public diplomacy. By...
How Cold War officialdom made the world safe for propaganda. Introduction SINCE THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, Americans have...
Former President Jimmy Carter’s foreign policy efforts may have been far more effective than critics have claimed....
America has not yet emerged from conflicts over what it means to be a “true American.” Consequently,...
Throughout the time of massive change from 1961 to 1981, there was one constant—the Cold War. Introduction...
In the event of a nuclear attack on the UK, would the NHS cope or would it...
Lockheed U 2C Surveillance Aircraft / Photo by Greg Goebel, Wikimedia Commons Much of contemporary surveillance, with...
North Penn Tactical Response Team of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, practicing Cellular Team Tactics / Photo by Tim...
Unlike Dr Strangelove, few people learned to love the bomb – but it changed society nonetheless. Columbia...
In 1945, one major war ended and another began. Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh / 09.26.2018 Historian...
The crisis in Crimea is not just about “losing Ukraine.” It would be an even greater catastrophe...