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Valentina Tereshkova in space, painted

Valentina Tereshkova and the American Imagination

Remembering the Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, and how she challenged American stereotypes.

by Robert L. Griswold, Matthew Wills via JSTOR Daily on November 13, 2018

The Dual Defeat

Hubert Humphrey and the unmaking of Cold War liberalism.

by Michael Kazin via The Nation on October 18, 2018

Mum’s the Word

In the height of the Cold War, the NSA created a series of posters to keep its secrets from leaking. They're both wonderful and creepy.

by Benjamin Breen on October 5, 2018

The Long, Strange History of the Presidential Text Alert

The presidential text that hits your phone Wednesday will be the first, but it's part of a decades-long lineage of government alerts.

by Garrett M. Graff via Wired on October 3, 2018

MacArthur's Last Stand Against a Winless War

MacArthur leaned on JFK to stay out of Vietnam. Had Kennedy survived, might history have been different?

by Mark Perry via The American Conservative on October 3, 2018

Students from Ramstein Middle School recite Pledge of Allegiance during a Sep. 11 commemoration ceremony

Why Do We Pledge Allegiance?

Few democracies require children to make a daily declaration of fealty to country.

by Jack David Eller via Boston Review on September 6, 2018

Diplomatic Back Channels Were Once Seen as a Good Thing

But they've always been risky.

by Steven T. Usdin via TIME on September 4, 2018

Francis Fukuyama

Francis Fukuyama Postpones the End of History

The political scientist argues that the desire of identity groups for recognition is a key threat to liberalism.

by Louis Menand via The New Yorker on September 3, 2018

Security camera

Known Unknowns

The elusive meaning of privacy in America.

by Katrina Forrester via Harper’s on September 1, 2018

A man alone among the rubble of a city

TV and the Bomb

During the Cold War, nuclear weapons were a frequent plot point on television shows. Fearful depictions in the 1950's became more darkly comedic in the 1960s.

by Reba A. Wissner via Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on August 13, 2018

The Nuclear Fail

Physicist and writer Leo Szilard was vital to the creation of the atomic bomb. He also did everything he could to prevent its use.

by Emily Harnett via Hazlitt on July 30, 2018

We’re Never Going to Get Our “Have You No Sense of Decency, Sir?” Moment

Because that moment isn’t quite what we remember.

by Rebecca Onion via Slate on July 26, 2018

The U.S. Needs to Face Up to Its Long History of Election Meddling

Russian electoral interference has renewed the temptation for American leaders to do the same.

by Peter Beinart via The Atlantic on July 22, 2018

Desk calendar illustrated by its owner.

A Disgruntled Federal Employee's 1980s Desk Calendar

A nameless Cold Warrior grew frustrated in his Defense Department job, and poured out his feelings in an unusual way.

by Ted Widmer via The Paris Review on June 13, 2018

Luis Posada Carriles

Death of a Cold War Supervillain

Anticommunist militant Luis Posada Carriles, who popped up throughout Latin America over the past half-century, won’t be missed.

by Hilary Goodfriend via Jacobin on June 11, 2018

Black Athletes, Anthem Protests, and the Spectacle of Patriotism

The NFL's response to player protests reflects decades of League and U.S. attempts to portray false images of post-racial harmony.

by Amira Rose Davis via Black Perspectives on June 7, 2018

Donald Trump holding up a bill he signed.

Ceding Power to the Executive is Backfiring on Free-Trade Advocates

Liberal Democrats sidestepped Congress to bring free trade to the U.S. Now, Trump is able to do the same thing to destroy it.

by Jennifer Delton via Made By History on June 7, 2018

Robert F. Kennedy Is Remembered as a Liberal Icon. Here's the Truth About His Politics

For many American liberals, RFK became a symbol of not just a better past, but also a better future that might have been.

by David E. Kaiser via TIME on June 5, 2018

Reagan giving his "tear down this wall" speech at the Brandenburg Gate in 1987.

Ronald Reagan and the Cold War: What Mattered Most

By seeking to talk to Soviet leaders and end the Cold War, Reagan helped to win it.

by Melvyn P. Leffler via Texas National Security Review on June 5, 2018

Title screen of the film "1983: The Brink of Apocalypse."

Standing on the Brink: The Secret War Scare of 1983

Remembering a time when a toxic cocktail of threats, fear, and misunderstanding nearly led us down the path to Armageddon.

by Jill Kastner via The Nation on May 31, 2018

30 Years Ago Ronald Reagan Did Something No One Could Have Expected Years Earlier

If we remember correctly how the Cold War ended, we can gain inspiration for how to begin to overcome the “new cold war.”

by David Foglesong via HNN on May 30, 2018

The Year The World Almost Blew Up – And Nobody Noticed

On November 9, 1983, the Soviet Union nearly ordered a full pre-emptive nuclear strike against the US and Western Europe.

by Taylor Downing via HNN on May 27, 2018

Explaining the 'Mystery' of Numbers Stations

The stations' broadcasts have been attributed to aliens and Cold War relics, but they actually are coded intelligence messages.

by Maris Goldmanis via War on the Rocks on May 24, 2018

What Happened to the “Free World”?

Pundits can't seem to define what exactly the term refers to. Turns out it was developed for a very particular historical moment.

by Peter Slezkine via The New Republic on May 22, 2018

Iran, North Korea, Russia: How the Nuclear Threat Re-emerged

Countries are expanding their nuclear arsenals. So why is the public so complacent about the risk of nuclear catastrophe?

by Noah Madoff, Harvey Burrell via Retro Report on May 15, 2018

Blurry photo of shelves of food in a supermarket aisle.

The Great American Supermarket Lie

Instead of highlighting the glories of capitalism, supermarkets expose the inequalities it creates.

by Shane Hamilton via Made By History on April 27, 2018

Russians Were Once Banned From a Third of the U.S.

Soviet ban? What Soviet ban?

by Greg Miller via National Geographic on March 26, 2018

How We Nuke

Our launch protocols were designed to bypass checks and balances for a quick retaliation.

by Emil Friis Ernst via The Nib on March 19, 2018

Department of State’s Dissent Channel Revealed

Dozens of newly declassified documents show foreign service staff raising serious concerns about a range of U.S. policies abroad.

by Nate Jones, Tom Blanton, Emma Sarfity via National Security Archive on March 15, 2018

'The Teacher Would Suddenly Yell "Drop!"'

The duck-and-cover school exercises from the nuclear era are being invoked as a parallel to active shooter drills.

by Rebecca Onion via Slate on March 13, 2018

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