Cold War

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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.

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• SOURCE: Perspectives on History
  6/10/19
  

  The Cold War's Global Legacy of Misinformation

  by Jennifer M. Miller

  Today's deep apprehension about the consequences of misinformation and foreign subversion can make it easy to forget that such fears are not new. 

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• 5/23/19
  

  The Fall of Communism in TV’s The Weissensee Saga

  by Walter G. Moss

  The most impressive educational aspect of The Weissensee Saga is that it presents a realistic and convincing portrait of the differing lives and reactions of East German individuals in the final decade of the GDR’s existence.

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• SOURCE: Lobelog
  5/21/19
  

  The Real Reason Iran’s Hardliners Don’t Want To Talk To America

  by Shireen T. Hunter

  Tehran’s reluctance to engage in direct talks with America at a normal state-to-state level within a bilateral framework long predates the Trump administration. 

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• SOURCE: Tom Dispatch
  5/21/19
  

  Living in a Nation of Political Narcissists

  by Tom Engelhardt

  American election exceptionalism from 1945-2019.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  5/17/19
  

  Mayor and ‘Foreign Minister’: How Bernie Sanders Brought the Cold War to Burlington

  Referendums, rallies, a trip to Nicaragua — all were part of his effort to infuse left-wing activism into local politics.

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• 4/7/19
  

  The Secret Life of CIA Spymaster James Jesus Angleton

  by James Thornton Harris

  The Ghost, a new biography of Angleton by Jefferson Morley, a Washington journalist, provides an intriguing look at this powerful, enigmatic Cold Warrior.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  Accessed 4/2/19
  

  How the U.S.-Russian Relationship Went Bad

  by William J. Burns

  An American diplomat tells the inside story of Yeltsin, Putin, and opportunities lost.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  3/2/19
  

  The Island That Changed History

  by Sergey Radchenko

  A 1969 border clash between Moscow and Beijing pushed the two apart, and opened the door for Nixon to go to China.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  2/26/19
  

  2020 Will See a Monumental Clash Over America’s Place in the World

  by Stephen Wertheim

  Is it time for the U.S. to confront other great powers — or to retreat?

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  2/4/19
  

  At Checkpoint Charlie, Cold War History Confronts Crass Commercialism

  GWU Professor Hope Harrison is quoted extensively in the piece. 

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• SOURCE: Tom Dispatch
  1/24/19
  

  Amnesia in Washington

  by Tom Engelhardt

  Afghanistan and the Implosion of America

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  1/21/19
  

  Writer Reflects on Arthur Schlesinger Jr.'s "The Vital Center"

  by Charles Lane

  The contemporary relevance of “The Vital Center” lies not so much in its specifics as in its spirit.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  1/18/19
  

  4,141 Latvians Were Just Outed as K.G.B. Informants

  For many Latvians. the appearance of their names, code names and dates of recruitment in a recently released K.G.B. archive has come as a traumatic surprise.

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• 1/10/19
  

  Trump’s Bullshit-Savant Moment on Afghanistan

  by Benjamin Hopkins

  What has been lost in the consternation provoked by the President’s remarks is the fundamental question which remains unanswered – namely, what the hell is the US doing in Afghanistan?

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  1/5/19
  

  Tinker, tailor, Marxist academic… how Le Carré angered Historian Eric Hobsbawm

  A new biography reveals the Marxist intellectual asked the author why MI5 man in A Perfect Spy had a name so like his own.

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• SOURCE: Foreign Affairs
  1/1/19
  

  The History of Deterrence and Its Current Decline

  by Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr.

  Since WWII, the United States has put deterrence at the core of its defense strategy. Now technological and geographical changes might change that. 

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• SOURCE: National Security Archive
  12/17/2018
  

  Communist Parades Gave the CIA What They Needed

  Some of the best opportunities for Western intelligence to get a picture – literally – of Soviet capabilities were presented by the USSR itself at public military parades.

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• 12/15/2018
  

  Now that the Bush Funeral Is Over with, We Need to Talk Honestly About the End of the Cold War

  by Tarik Cyril Amar

  And what we got wrong.