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Here Comes the D-Day Myth Again

The Allied invasion of France was an important step in the war against the Nazis. But it was by no means a turning point.

by Kevin Kennedy via HNN on June 6, 2019

Full Metal Racket

A history sheds light on venture capital’s ties to the military-industrial complex.

by Jamie Martin via Bookforum on June 1, 2019

Jackie Robinson Was Asked to Denounce Paul Robeson. Instead, He Went After Jim Crow.

His testimony before House Un-American Activities Committee was a turning point for the baseball hero.

by Johnny Smith via Andscape on April 15, 2019

Arms Sales: USA vs. Russia (1950-2017)

A closer look at the geopolitics of weapons sales through the Cold War, and beyond.

by Jeff Desjardins, Will Geary via Visual Capitalist on April 2, 2019

How the Cold War Defined Scientific Freedom

The idea that liberal democracies shielded science from politics was always flawed.

by Patrick Iber via The New Republic on March 25, 2019

Racists in Congress Fought Statehood For Hawaii, But Lost That Battle 60 Years Ago

It took more than five decades for advocates of statehood to vanquish white supremacists in Washington.

by Sarah Miller Davenport via The Conversation on March 18, 2019

Geopolitics for the Left

Getting out from under the "liberal international order".

by Ted Fertik via n+1 on March 11, 2019

The Toxic Legacy of the Korean War

The Korean War upended the constitutional balance of war powers. It has been cited by presidents ever since.

by Mary L. Dudziak via Washington Post on March 1, 2019

Korean mothers and children cover their ears as they watch a battle.

The Forgotten War

What has fueled the hostility between the U.S. and North Korea for decades?

via Throughline on February 21, 2019

The Memorial Chapel of the Épinal American Cemetery in Lorraine, France.

How the U.S. Designed Overseas Cemeteries to Win the Cold War

Building large memorials to display power and dominance, the US government hoped to inspire Judeo-Christian and capitalist ideals with their cemeteries.

by Kate Clarke Lemay via What It Means to Be American on February 14, 2019

How The CIA Overthrew Iran's Democracy In 4 Days

The first episode of NPR's new history podcast tells the story of a 1953 coup that set the stage for US-Middle East relations ever since.

by Lawrence Wu, Michelle Lanz via NPR on February 7, 2019

Imperial Exceptionalism

Is it time for an end to American imperialism? Two authors re-examine American intervention overseas.

by Jackson Lears via New York Review of Books on January 29, 2019

The Vice President’s Men

In the 1980s, vice-president George H.W. Bush was secretly the most important decision-maker in America's intelligence world.

by Seymour M. Hersh via London Review of Books on January 4, 2019

Washington Trained Guatemala’s Mass Murderers—and the Border Patrol Played a Role

Now two Guatemalan children have died under Border Patrol custody. But the agency’s role in Latin American oppression has a long history.

by Greg Grandin, Elizabeth Oglesby via The Nation on January 3, 2019

Who Killed Jakelin Caal Maquín at the US Border?

She died of cardiac arrest, but the real killer was decades of US policy in Central America.

by Greg Grandin, Elizabeth Oglesby via The Nation on December 17, 2018

A page of Trump's first proposed budget, focusing on International Programs (2017).

The New Arms Race: American Businesses vs. China’s Government Money

How we outsourced foreign aid to private companies.

by Brandon Kirk Williams via Made by History on December 10, 2018

Operation Ajax

How the CIA’s first attempt at regime change nearly failed.

by Bridey Heing via Lapham’s Quarterly on November 26, 2018

Science’s Freedom Fighters

Why do Americans get so worked up by the basic assertion that all science is political?

by W. Patrick McCray via Los Angeles Review of Books on November 18, 2018

How a Folk Singer’s Murder Forced Chile to Confront Its Past

Víctor Jara was a legendary Chilean folk singer and political activist whose murder during a U.S.-backed military coup in 1973 went unsolved for decades.

via Retro Report on November 18, 2018

The Peace Movement Won the INF Treaty. We Must Fight to Preserve It.

In the 1980s, millions of antinuclear activists took to the streets, forcing Western governments to respond to our demands.

by David Cortright via The Nation on November 14, 2018

Valentina Tereshkova in space, painted

Valentina Tereshkova and the American Imagination

Remembering the Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, and how she challenged American stereotypes.

by Robert L. Griswold, Matthew Wills via JSTOR Daily on November 13, 2018

The Dual Defeat

Hubert Humphrey and the unmaking of Cold War liberalism.

by Michael Kazin via The Nation on October 18, 2018

Mum’s the Word

In the height of the Cold War, the NSA created a series of posters to keep its secrets from leaking. They're both wonderful and creepy.

by Benjamin Breen on October 5, 2018

The Long, Strange History of the Presidential Text Alert

The presidential text that hits your phone Wednesday will be the first, but it's part of a decades-long lineage of government alerts.

by Garrett M. Graff via Wired on October 3, 2018

MacArthur's Last Stand Against a Winless War

MacArthur leaned on JFK to stay out of Vietnam. Had Kennedy survived, might history have been different?

by Mark Perry via The American Conservative on October 3, 2018

Why Do We Pledge Allegiance?

Few democracies require children to make a daily declaration of fealty to country.

by Jack David Eller via Boston Review on September 6, 2018

Diplomatic Back Channels Were Once Seen as a Good Thing

But they've always been risky.

by Steven T. Usdin via Made By History on September 4, 2018

Francis Fukuyama

Francis Fukuyama Postpones the End of History

The political scientist argues that the desire of identity groups for recognition is a key threat to liberalism.

by Louis Menand via The New Yorker on September 3, 2018

Known Unknowns

The elusive meaning of privacy in America.

by Katrina Forrester via Harper's on September 1, 2018

A man alone among the rubble of a city

TV and the Bomb

During the Cold War, nuclear weapons were a frequent plot point on television shows. Fearful depictions in the 1950's became more darkly comedic in the 1960s.

by Reba A. Wissner via Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on August 13, 2018

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