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Title screen of the film "1983: The Brink of Apocalypse."

Standing on the Brink: The Secret War Scare of 1983

Remembering a time when a toxic cocktail of threats, fear, and misunderstanding nearly led us down the path to Armageddon.

by Jill Kastner via The Nation on May 31, 2018

30 Years Ago Ronald Reagan Did Something No One Could Have Expected Years Earlier

If we remember correctly how the Cold War ended, we can gain inspiration for how to begin to overcome the “new cold war.”

by David Foglesong via HNN on May 30, 2018

The Year The World Almost Blew Up – And Nobody Noticed

On November 9, 1983, the Soviet Union nearly ordered a full pre-emptive nuclear strike against the US and Western Europe.

by Taylor Downing via HNN on May 27, 2018

Explaining the 'Mystery' of Numbers Stations

The stations' broadcasts have been attributed to aliens and Cold War relics, but they actually are coded intelligence messages.

by Maris Goldmanis via War on the Rocks on May 24, 2018

What Happened to the “Free World”?

Pundits can't seem to define what exactly the term refers to. Turns out it was developed for a very particular historical moment.

by Peter Slezkine via The New Republic on May 22, 2018

Iran, North Korea, Russia: How the Nuclear Threat Re-emerged

Countries are expanding their nuclear arsenals. So why is the public so complacent about the risk of nuclear catastrophe?

by Noah Madoff, Harvey Burrell via Retro Report on May 15, 2018

Blurry photo of shelves of food in a supermarket aisle.

The Great American Supermarket Lie

Instead of highlighting the glories of capitalism, supermarkets expose the inequalities it creates.

by Shane Hamilton via Made By History on April 27, 2018

Russians Were Once Banned From a Third of the U.S.

Soviet ban? What Soviet ban?

by Greg Miller via National Geographic on March 26, 2018

How We Nuke

Our launch protocols were designed to bypass checks and balances for a quick retaliation.

by Emil Friis Ernst via The Nib on March 19, 2018

Department of State’s Dissent Channel Revealed

Dozens of newly declassified documents show foreign service staff raising serious concerns about a range of U.S. policies abroad.

by Nate Jones, Tom Blanton, Emma Sarfity via National Security Archive on March 15, 2018

'The Teacher Would Suddenly Yell "Drop!"'

The duck-and-cover school exercises from the nuclear era are being invoked as a parallel to active shooter drills.

by Rebecca Onion via Slate on March 13, 2018

Protestors for ACT UP lying on the ground, holding hands, as police arrest them.

The Russian ‘Fake News’ Campaign That Damaged the United States — in the 1980s

The 2016 election wasn't the first time that a disinformation campaign was used against America.

by Alexander Poster via Made By History on March 12, 2018

Did you know the CIA _____?

Errol Morris and the hot cold war.

by Malcolm Harris via n+1 on March 7, 2018

Washington Has Meddled in Elections Before

The hidden hypocrisy within American outrage over Russian election meddling.

by William M. LeoGrande via The Conversation on February 26, 2018

Uranium-rich ore sample from the Shinkolobwe Mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Searching for Wakanda

The African roots of the Black Panther story.

by Thomas F. McDow via Origins on February 15, 2018

Selling American Vigor

The Cold War and the President’s Council on Physical Fitness.

by Rachel Louise Moran via Process: A Blog for American History on February 13, 2018

The 1952 Olympic Games, the US, and the USSR

The Olympics have long enabled global superpowers to enact their political and ideological conflicts in sport.

by Erin Redihan via Process: A Blog for American History on February 8, 2018

Martin Luther King Jr. speaking into news microphones.

Against National Security Citizenship

By connecting liberation at home with an end to U.S. militarism abroad, today's black activists are picking up where MLK left off.

by Aziz Rana via Boston Review on February 7, 2018

The People Who Would Survive Nuclear War

How an appendix to an obscure government report helped launch a blockbuster and push back the possibility of atomic war.

by Alexis C. Madrigal via The Atlantic on January 25, 2018

Is It Time for a 21st-Century Version of ‘The Day After’?

It’s beginning to feel like the 1980s all over again.

by Marsha Gordon via The Conversation on January 25, 2018

What the Press and 'The Post' Missed

Leslie Gelb supervised the team that compiled the Pentagon Papers. He explains what Steven Spielberg's new film gets wrong.

by Brooke Gladstone, Leslie Gelb via WNYC on January 12, 2018

How the Korean War Put Presidents in Charge of Nuclear Weapons

The president's unilateral nuclear authority comes from decisions made at the start of the Atomic Age.

by Se Young Jang via Made By History on January 2, 2018

Renewing Inequality

An interactive set of maps documenting the more than 300,000 families displaced by urban renewal projects between 1955 and 1966.

by Robert K. Nelson, Brent Cebul, Justin Madron, Nathaniel Ayers via American Panorama on December 13, 2017

Cold War Propaganda: The Truth Belonged to No One Country

During the Cold War, US propagandists worked to provide a counterweight to Communist media, but truth eluded them all.

by Melissa Feinberg via Aeon on December 11, 2017

The Nuke ‘Treaty That Ended the Cold War’ is Unraveling

The Trump administration signals a game of chicken with Russia, which could mean the death of arms control.

by Scott Ritter via The American Conservative on December 11, 2017

The Cold War and the Welfare State

If you look hard enough, you can almost find ideological consistency in the Republicans’ breathtaking tax bill.

by Nils Gilman via The American Interest on December 4, 2017

Robert Mugabe

How the U.S. Aided Robert Mugabe’s Rise

Cold War politics empowered democracy — and dictatorship.

by Nancy Mitchell via Made By History on November 26, 2017

The Cuban Missile Crisis at 55

The bullshit, the truth… and Trump.

by James G. Blight, Janet M. Lang via The Nation on October 27, 2017

The History of Russian Involvement in America's Race Wars

From propaganda posters to Facebook ads, 80-plus years of Russian meddling.

by Julia Ioffe via The Atlantic on October 21, 2017

When Science Was Big

This year's Nobel Prize in physics is a blast from the past of Cold War-era research investment. Is that era gone for good?

by David Singerman on October 19, 2017

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