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Thin Ice: The History of US Involvement in Greenland
Donald Trump's quest to acquire Greenland has a precedent in US Cold War history. We should consider it a cautionary tale.
by
Gretchen Heefner
via
Foreign Exchanges
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September 16, 2025
The Parallel Lives of Cold War Frenemies
On new biographies of Zbigniew Brzezinski and Henry Kissinger.
by
Hazem Kandil
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History Today
on
September 9, 2025
Why Don’t We Take Nuclear Weapons Seriously?
The risk of nuclear war has only grown, yet the public and government officials are increasingly cavalier. Some experts are trying to change that.
by
Rivka Galchen
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The New Yorker
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September 2, 2025
Frank Meyer’s Path from Devoted Communist to Promoter of Conservative ‘Fusionism’
A detailed, exhausting, and ultimately too-gentle treatment of the midcentury writer and editor, Frank Meyer.
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Joshua Tait
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The Bulwark
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August 26, 2025
The Origins of the West
Georgios Varouxakis reexamines when and why people began to conceptualize "the West."
by
Max Skjönsberg
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Law & Liberty
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August 25, 2025
When Trump's Brain Broke
Donald Trump seems stuck in the 80s.
by
John Ganz
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Unpopular Front
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August 21, 2025
The CIA Trained Fulgencio Batista’s Torturers in Cuba
The Bureau for the Repression of Communist Activities, known for its blood-spattered record of torture and political killings, was backed by the CIA.
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Ramona Wadi
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Jacobin
on
August 14, 2025
Spooking the Censors
In the 1950s, the CIA funded efforts to smuggle great works of literature into the Eastern Bloc.
by
Michael O'Donnell
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Los Angeles Review of Books
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August 13, 2025
Beyond Markets: A Conversation with Quinn Slobodian
How the New Right emerged from neoliberalism’s inner split.
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Quinn Slobodian
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James Duesterberg
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The Point
on
August 5, 2025
Joseph McCarthy’s War on Voice of America
A largely forgotten campaign of harassment and persecution from the 1950s that still echoes today.
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Daniel Golden
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Columbia Journalism Review
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August 4, 2025
The Marxism of Mike Davis
On the life, influences, and “sophisticated yet lucid brand of Marxism” of the late, great writer.
by
Nelson Lichtenstein
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Jacobin
on
July 31, 2025
partner
To Bounce Back, Democrats Need a New John F. Kennedy Moment
JFK's presidential win in 1960 offers a guide for how Democrats can rebound in 2025.
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Bruce W. Dearstyne
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Made By History
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July 23, 2025
General Groves Invented the Atomic Bomb, Not Oppenheimer
Gen. Leslie Groves promoted Oppenheimer as the atomic bomb's inventor to craft a propaganda narrative, obscuring the true creators and moral implications.
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Peder Anker
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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July 21, 2025
For Decades, a Treaty Contained the Threat of Nuclear Weapons. Now That’s All at Risk.
Trump did not create this situation, but he has accelerated its centrifugal forces.
by
Fred Kaplan
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Slate
on
July 17, 2025
Why America Got a Warfare State, Not a Welfare State
How FDR invented national security, and why Democrats need to move on from it.
by
Samuel Moyn
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The New Republic
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June 26, 2025
The Moral Distortions of the Official Korean War Narrative
June 25 marks the 75th anniversary of the start of the Korean War. But the truth is that the US was a willing partner in mass murder across the peninsula.
by
Grace M. Cho
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The Nation
on
June 24, 2025
State of Exception
National security governance, then and now.
by
David Klion
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The Drift
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June 24, 2025
Steering Right
Sam Tanenhaus’s biography of William F. Buckley has certain limitations, but it captures the character of conservatism’s founding father.
by
John O. McGinnis
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Law & Liberty
on
June 19, 2025
American Hysteria
Red Scare can be read as solid history of the years it depicts—and chilling prophecy of the years to come.
by
Maurice Isserman
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Democracy Journal
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June 18, 2025
When US Labor Backed US Imperialism
After the successful purges of leftists from unions, US labor leaders were enlisted by government officials to join in their global imperialist operations.
by
Micah Uetricht
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Jeff Schuhrke
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Jacobin
on
May 26, 2025
The Secret ‘White Trains’ That Carried Nuclear Weapons Around the U.S.
For as long as the United States has had nuclear weapons, officials have struggled with how to transport the destructive technology.
by
Brianna Nofil
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HISTORY
on
May 25, 2025
The Coldest Cold Warrior
How a sharp-elbowed Polish academic with an unpronounceable name helped defeat the Soviet Union.
by
Eric Edelman
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The Bulwark
on
May 23, 2025
partner
The History of Government Influence Over Universities
During the Cold War, the government relied on universities for research, but also saw scholars as dangerous.
by
Jeffrey Rosario
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Made By History
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May 20, 2025
partner
How the Iran-Contra Scandal Impacts American Politics Today
The Iran-Contra affair exposed how government officials can ignore democratic norms and practices.
by
Alan McPherson
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Made By History
on
May 14, 2025
The Post-World War II System Was Always Fragile
Franklin Roosevelt warned that even in peacetime, America’s obligations to the world would continue.
by
Julian E. Zelizer
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Foreign Policy
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May 12, 2025
US Defeat in Vietnam Was the Right Outcome for an Unjust War
The US invasion of Vietnam was catastrophic for the Vietnamese people, resulting in millions of deaths. Fifty years ago, the US-backed regime finally collapsed.
by
Michael G. Vann
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Jacobin
on
April 30, 2025
JFK Files: Revelations from the Covert Operations High Command
Special Group and PFIAB meeting minutes provide dramatic view of CIA operations.
by
Peter Kornbluh
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Arturo Jimenez-Bacardi
via
National Security Archive
on
April 7, 2025
America Has Gotten Coretta Scott King Wrong
Her ghostwritten autobiography diminishes her, and I found out why.
by
Jeanne Theoharis
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The Atlantic
on
April 7, 2025
‘Vietdamned’
Can a new book rescue Bertrand Russell and Jean-Paul Sartre’s activism from irrelevance?
by
Yuan Yi Zhu
via
History Today
on
April 4, 2025
The Enigma of George Kennan
An exploration of the contrast between the supreme confidence of Kennan's policy prescriptions and the perpetual turbulence of his inner life.
by
Benjamin Nathans
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New York Review of Books
on
April 3, 2025
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