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The History of American Fear

An interview with horror historian David J. Skal.
by Cori Brosnahan, David J. Skal via PBS on October 28, 2016

Neutron Sunday

In 1956, Ed Sullivan showed America what nuclear war looks like. We were never the same again.
by Donald Fagen via Slate on October 14, 2016

When Malcolm X Met Fidel Castro

The history behind the photographs on Colin Kaepernick’s T-shirt.
by Rebecca Onion via Slate on August 30, 2016
Cover of Rafael Rojas' new book.

Words Are the Weapons, the Weapons Must Go

A new book recovers long-suppressed alternative politics.
by Patrick Iber via Los Angeles Review of Books on April 28, 2016
CIA Director George Bush and President Gerald R. Ford during a Meeting in the Cabinet Room

The Art of Administration: On Greg Barnhisel’s “Cold War Modernists”

Cold War modernists of the title do not seem to be the painters, sculptors, poets, and novelists who produced the original works.
by Donal Harris via Los Angeles Review of Books on February 2, 2016

The Atomic Bomb and the Nuclear Age

A primary source set and teaching guide created by educators.
by Amy Rudersdorf via Digital Public Library of America on June 15, 2015
Crowd with hands up at World Youth Festival

When the C.I.A. Duped College Students

Inside a famous Cold War deception.
by Louis Menand via The New Yorker on March 16, 2015

Happy Captive Nations Week!

We're supposed to celebrate one of the weirdest artifacts of the Cold War.
by Charles King via Slate on July 24, 2014
Black and White photograph of George F. Kennan sitting at a microphone.

U.S. Foreign Policy in the Cold War was Designed by a Bigot

George Kennan's diaries reveal just how much he hated America.
by David Greenberg via The New Republic on April 20, 2014

A Useful Corner of the World: Guantánamo

The U.S. just can't seem to let go of its naval base on Cuba.
by Paul A. Kramer via The New Yorker on July 30, 2013

Pox on Your Narrative: Writing Disease Control into Cold War History

How does the global effort to eradicate smallpox fit into the history of U.S.-Soviet relations?
by Erez Manela via Diplomatic History on March 5, 2010
Pete Seeger.

American Dreamers

Pete Seeger, William F. Buckley, Jr., and public history.
by William Hogeland via Boston Review on May 1, 2008
Jack Kerouac looking into a shop window, photo by Allen Ginsberg.

Drive, Jack Kerouac Wrote

"On the Road" is a sad and somewhat self-consciously lyrical story about loneliness, insecurity, and failure. It’s also a story about guys who want to be with other guys.
by Louis Menand via The New Yorker on September 24, 2007

Ronald Reagan Jokes about the USSR

Reagan's use of jokes to openly mock the Soviet system were part of his broader Cold War strategy.
via Voices & Visions on March 28, 1988

The Carter Doctrine

Carter’s speech heralded a dramatic shift in foreign policy toward a policy of containment of Soviet influence.
via Voices & Visions on January 23, 1980
A dairy farm near Charlottesville (Library of Congress).

'Charlottesville': A Government-Commissioned Story About Nuclear War

A fictional 1979 account of how the small Virginia city would weather an all-out nuclear exchange between the U.S. and U.S.S.R.
by Nan Randall via The Atlantic on January 1, 1979
Black-and-white portrait of Fidel Castro looking down with his hand near his ear.

I Was With Fidel Castro When JFK Was Assassinated

A first-person account of Fidel Castro during a monumental moment in history.
by Jean Daniel via The New Republic on December 7, 1963

JFK Inaugural Address

John F. Kennedy's 1961 inaugural address remains one of the most famous presidential speeches.
by John F. Kennedy via JFK Presidential Library on January 20, 1961
Title card for animated film "Destination Earth".

Destination Earth (1956)

A Cold War-era cartoon celebrates the wonders of oil and free-market capitalism, and the overthrow of the Stalin-like leader of Mars.
by John Sutherland via The Public Domain Review on June 1, 1956
Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill.

The Diplomatic Battle to Win World War II

Defeating the Nazi war machine necessitated not just military might, but also skillful diplomacy.
by Joel Nelson via Law & Liberty on December 10, 2025
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and Jimmy Carter

The US Propped Up the Shah’s Dictatorship to the Bitter End

The shah of Iran faced a secular opposition that wanted to restore constitutional government.
by Afshin Matin-Asgari via Jacobin on December 3, 2025

The Progress Paradox

Neoliberals long preached that markets and technology reinforce each other. In reality, when one develops, the other tends to stagnate.
by Matt Prewitt via Noema on November 13, 2025
Viktor Koretsky: Breaking Chains – That's an Echo of Our Revolution! (1968)

Statemania

When the American Dream came to Africa.
by Rahmane Idrissa via Equator on October 29, 2025
Israeli soldiers patrol along a destroyed fence near the Gaza Strip.

The Myth of Israeli Innovation

Israel has long relied on Western patrons for arms and backing—even as it has cast itself as a security “innovator” the West can’t afford to do without.
by Rhys Machold via Jewish Currents on October 27, 2025

The Presidential Fitness Test Won’t Make America ‘Tough’ Again

The Trump administration Is borrowing from a failed cold-war era playbook.
by Shelly McKenzie via Zócalo Public Square on October 23, 2025
Joseph McCarthy.

The Red Scare Is American Past and Present

If we want to understand how we arrived in this authoritarian moment in 2025, we need to understand one of the central pathways that brought us here.
by Benjamin Balthaser via Jacobin on October 19, 2025
Cover of "The Age of Hitler"

Should We Move on From Hitler?

What happens when Hitler’s shadow fades—and what moral vision replaces it?
by Jeroen Bouterse via 3 Quarks Daily on October 9, 2025
Arthur Oncken Lovejoy receives an honorary diploma from George Boas during 1951 commencement ceremony.
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The Real History of Tenure

Tenure is more than just academic freedom; it is also about labor protection, and it has a long history.
by Deepa Das Acevedo via Made By History on October 1, 2025
Rows of men seated at computer terminals at Kennedy Space Center, 1967.
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America’s Privacy Policy

Recent news coverage has called the Privacy Act of 1974 “Watergate-inspired,” but such framing misses the big picture.
by Jillian Foley via HNN on September 30, 2025
President Woodrow Wilson delivers an address in, 1915.

Democratization and Congressional Decline

To understand Congress’s abdication, look at the history of presidential selection.
by James Devereaux via Law & Liberty on September 29, 2025
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