Cold War

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• SOURCE: US News
  11/7/2019
  

  The Bunkers that Came in From the Cold

  by Catherin Shaer

  “The German Publics Growing worries over global tensions – in part tied to Trump’s policies – are stirring a revived interest in Cold War artifacts”

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  11/8/19
  

  The Battle Between NBC and CBS To Be the First To Film a Berlin Wall Tunnel Escape

  by Mike Conway

  In the summer of 1962, the two networks were at work on two separate, secret documentaries on tunnels being dug under the Berlin Wall.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  November 9, 2019
  

  ‘The day the wall came down’: How The Post covered the Berlin Wall’s fall 30 years ago

  by Robert McCartney

  Thirty years ago, East German officials abruptly announced it would open its border, ending 28 years of separation between East and West Berlin. This story ran on the front page of The Washington Post the next morning.

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• 11/10/19
  

  It’s Been 32 Years since the Conclusion of the INF Treaty Yet Arms Control Is Still Vital

  by Stephan Kieninger

  It is imperative to avoid a situation where we might have no arms control and no mutual verification at all. Against the backdrop of the Trump Administration’s loathing of arms control, it will be up to the European NATO allies to conceptualize a new arms-control framework for the post-INF world.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  11/1/19
  

  The Spirit That Brought Down the Berlin Wall Lives On

  by Robert Cohen

  Bloodless revolutions from Armenia to Lebanon are about ending the fatalism corrupt rule engenders.

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• SOURCE: Mashable
  11/6/19
  

  Live through incredible Berlin Wall escape stories with YouTube's VR history project

  The experimental film bridges the generational gap, transforming powerful archival photographs into immersive 360-degree virtual snapshots in time. 

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• SOURCE: Time
  11/7/19
  

  'The Gates in the Wall Stand Open Wide.' What Happened the Day the Berlin Wall Fell

  by Albinko Hasic

  The story of the Berlin Wall is one of division and repression, but also of the yearning for freedom — and the events that led up to its toppling are no exception.

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• SOURCE: Tom Dispatch
  10/27/19
  

  What the Dismantling of the Berlin Wall Means 30 Years Later

  by James Carroll

  As the 30th anniversary of the end of the Cold War approaches, it should be obvious that there’s been a refusal in the United States to reckon with a decades-long set of conflagrations in the Greater Middle East as the inevitable consequence of that first American invasion in 1990.

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• SOURCE: Politico
  10/26/19
  

  Russia’s Long and Mostly Unsuccessful History of Election Interference

  by Casey Michel

  Trump’s willingness to allow foreign governments to influence American elections is historically unprecedented. Just how unprecedented becomes clear when you look back at the long history of attempts by foreign powers (almost always Russia) to tip an outcome to their advantage.

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• 10/27/19
  

  1949: A Crucial Year for America, Russia, China and the World

  by Kevin M. Shanley

  It’s valuable to revisit three events of global importance from 70 years ago and reflect on how global events intertwine with personal histories.

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• 10/13/19
  

  The Moral Compass of America’s Most Distinguished Soldier and Statesman

  by James Thornton Harris

  George Marshall’s honesty and modesty were a key to his success.

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• 9/15/19
  

  The Stasi's Cold War Espionage Campaign Inside the Church

  by Elisabeth Braw

  How the Stasi infiltrated churches to suppress dissent in the German Democratic Republic.

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• SOURCE: Des Moines Register
  August 27, 2019
  

  Seventy years after the Cold War began, the world faces an escalating nuclear threat

  by William Lambers

  The first Soviet atomic bomb test, on Aug. 29, 1949, spread political and psychological fallout that has been with us ever since.

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• SOURCE: National Security Archive
  9/9/19
  

  National Security Archive Publishes New Documents on the First Soviet Nuclear Test Offering New Information on Beginning of Nuclear Arms Race

  by William Burr

  The newly declassified documents reveal the Soviet atomic project posed a major challenge to U.S. intelligence and expands our knowledge of the role of German scientists in advancing the Soviet nuclear program.

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• 9/8/19
  

  The Cuban Missile Crisis and the Trollope Ploy Myth

  by Sheldon M. Stern

  What we often get wrong about the Cuban Missile Crisis. 

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  8/30/19
  

  Why Soviets Sent Dogs to Space While Americans Used Primates

  The goal for the Cold War rivals was the same: to prove that animals could survive in orbit so that people could, too. But why did the Soviets use dogs, while the Americans used primates?

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• 8/26/19
  

  50 Years ago, the KGB weaponized the fire at Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque to sow discord between Israel and the United States

  by Oren Nahari

  This discovery comes from a document obtained by historians Isabella Ginor  and Gideon Remez. A rent-a-crowd protest in India was aimed to affect the Egyptian-Israeli War of Attrition.

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• SOURCE: Time
  7/24/19
  

  Is Capitalism or Communism Better for Women? How the Kitchen Debate Gave a New Meaning to the Cold War 'Home Front'

   In American and Soviet homes, the capitalism-communism divide was a topic of conversation at many a kitchen table — and, most famously, in one model kitchen.

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• 6/23/19
  

  Wealth, Access, and Archival Fetishism in the New Cold War History

  by Benjamin R. Young

  Cold War historians are only reinforcing elitist hierarchies if they continue to almost singularly hold up multinational research in previously unexplored archives as the gold standard of quality scholarship. 

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• 6/16/19
  

  The Cold War Spy and CIA Master of Disguise Writing the History of CIA Tactics in the Cold War

  by Aleisha Smith

  An interview with Jonna Mendez. A former Chief of Disguise with 27 years in the CIA, she discusses her latest book (co-authored with her husband Tony Mendez), her experience in the CIA, and her role at the Spy Museum.