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Trying to Remember J.F.K.

On the centenary of his birth, seeking the man behind the myth.
by Thomas Mallon via The New Yorker on May 22, 2017

Still Chasing the Wrong Rainbows

What historian William Appleman Williams taught us about foreign policy and the good society.
by Andrew J. Bacevich via The American Conservative on May 4, 2017

How America Shed the Taboo Against Preventive War

If Dwight Eisenhower or Ronald Reagan were transported to 2017, they would be shocked that the United States is considering an attack on North Korea.
by Peter Beinart via The Atlantic on April 21, 2017

Not Who We Are

The U.S. is neither a land of nativists nor a haven for immigrants. Since the founding, the truth has lain somewhere in between.
by Paul A. Kramer via Slate on February 3, 2017
W.E.B. Du Bois

When W. E. B. Du Bois was Un-American

W. E. B. Du Bois may be our keenest critic of Trumpism today.
by Andrew Lanham via Boston Review on January 13, 2017

The 'Madman Theory' of Nuclear War Has Existed for Decades. Now, Trump Is Playing the Madman.

Is he crazy, or crazy like a fox?
by Nicole Hemmer via Vox on January 4, 2017
Paul Rand’s illustration for El Producto Cigars of a snowman smoking.

Christmas at Midcentury, When Aluminum Trees Replaced Victorian Evergreens

A new book by Sarah Archer explores the influence of the Space Race and Cold War on America's midcentury Christmas celebrations.
by Allison C. Meier via Hyperallergic on December 21, 2016

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
Poster for 1954 Animal Farm film.

Short Cuts: The CIA’s Animal Farm

The CIA secretly funded the 1954 Animal Farm film, reshaping Orwell’s ending to push anti-Soviet messaging during early Cold War politics.
by J. Hoberman via London Review of Books on July 5, 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
Ludwig von Mises.

Champions of Apathy

The first neoliberals distrusted Christianity. Their heirs have tried to revise it.
by Henry Snow via Commonweal on January 27, 2026

We Are Living Through Regime Change

The old, postwar world is being dismantled by its American overlord.
by John Gray via New Statesman on January 21, 2026
Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson.

One Legend to Another: When Jackie Robinson Testifed Against Paul Robeson in Congress

On black leadership and interracial heroism during the Cold War.
by Howard Bryant via Literary Hub on January 21, 2026
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