Cold War

‘True American’: The Cold War and Battles for Ownership of Identity

Posted on May 12, 2019May 12, 2019 by MAMcIntosh

America has not yet emerged from conflicts over what it means to be a “true American.” Consequently, historical assessments of the Cold War and its ramifications in American culture vary widely. Internal and External Conflict During the Cold War, the debate about what it meant to be a true American expressed tensions that had been[…]

The Cold War as Context

Posted on January 11, 2019January 11, 2019 by MAMcIntosh

Throughout the time of massive change from 1961 to 1981, there was one constant—the Cold War. Introduction 1961–1981: by any measure, an extraordinary age. It was a time of political giants, JFK, Martin Luther King, Jr., Ronald Reagan; of larger-than-life politicians with feet of clay—LBJ and Richard Nixon. It was an era of cultural icons,[…]