U.S.-Russia/Soviet Union relations — Bunk History

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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

The Lethal Crescent

The 45 years of peace between the Cold War superpowers were 45 years of killing for much of the rest of the world.

by Daniel Immerwahr via The Nation on December 20, 2018

The Forgotten Story of the Julian Assange of the 1970s

Decades before WikiLeaks, Philip Agee’s magazine blew the cover of more than 2,000 CIA officers.

by Steven T. Usdin via Politico Magazine on November 28, 2018

Zbigniew Brzezinski

Less Than Grand Strategy

Zbigniew Brzezinski’s Cold War.

by Andrew J. Bacevich via The Nation on November 21, 2018

The Soviets and US

The contours and legacies of the most consequential political rivalry of the 20th century.

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

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

Diplomatic Back Channels Were Once Seen as a Good Thing

But they've always been risky.

by Steven T. Usdin via TIME on September 4, 2018

The U.S. Needs to Face Up to Its Long History of Election Meddling

Russian electoral interference has renewed the temptation for American leaders to do the same.

by Peter Beinart via The Atlantic on July 22, 2018

New York City, the Perfect Setting for a Fictional Cold War Strike

On Collier’s 1950 cover story, “Hiroshima, USA: Can Anything Be Done About It?”

by Sara Blair via Literary Hub on June 13, 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

Timothy Snyder’s Bleak Vision

"The Road to Unfreedom," Timothy Snyder's book on Russian influence around the world, is built on contradiction and conspiracy.

by Sophie Pinkham via The Nation on May 3, 2018

How a Soviet A-Bomb Test Led the U.S. Into Climate Science

The untold story of a failed Russian geoengineering scheme, panic in the Pentagon, and a Nixon-era effort to study global cooling.

by Sharon Weinberger via UnDark on April 20, 2018

Black and Red

The history of Black Socialism in America.

by Tanna Tucker, Nestor Castillo via The Nib on February 14, 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

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

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

Our Cold War World

How the contest between capitalism and communism shaped world politics—and defines today’s inequalities.

by Patrick Iber via The New Republic on October 30, 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

What Facebook Did to American Democracy

And why it was so hard to see it coming.

by Alexis C. Madrigal via The Atlantic on October 12, 2017

How Folk Rock Helped Crack the Iron Curtain

Fifty years ago, 160 young Americans defied State Department orders and partied on the streets of Moscow. The Cold War would never be the same.

by Emily Ludolph via Narratively on October 4, 2017

Sputnik Launch 60 Years Ago Was Slow to Resonate With Americans

The 1957 launch of Sputnik wasn’t necessarily the start of the US-Soviet space race that Americans think of today.

by Elizabeth Howell via Seeker on October 2, 2017

What the Cuban Missile Crisis Can Teach Us About the North Korean Missile Crisis

To avoid catastrophe, Kennedy turned to diplomacy. Trump would be wise to do the same.

by Martin J. Sherwin via The Nation on August 23, 2017

James K. Johnson and Dwight D. Eisenhower on an inspection tour of an air base.

Trump Threatened to Nuke North Korea. Did Ike Do the same?

The myth of Ike’s nuclear recklessness could lead us into war.

by William I. Hitchcock via Made By History on August 11, 2017

Putin and Trump.

How a WWI-era Law Set the Stage for the Trump-Russia Controversy

And why Congress should do more to wrest back control of economic sanctions.

by Benjamin Coates via Made By History on July 31, 2017

The World Almost Ended One Week in 1983

In 1983, the U.S. simulated a nuclear war with Russia—and narrowly avoided starting a real one. We might not be so lucky next time.

by Nate Jones, J. Peter Scoblic via Slate on April 13, 2017

Happy Captive Nations Week!

We're supposed to celebrate one of the weirdest artifacts of the Cold War.

by Charles King via Slate on July 24, 2014

Black and White photograph of George F. Kennan sitting at a microphone.

U.S. Foreign Policy in the Cold War was Designed by a Bigot

George Kennan's diaries reveal just how much he hated America.

by David Greenberg via The New Republic on April 20, 2014

Pox on Your Narrative: Writing Disease Control into Cold War History

How does the global effort to eradicate smallpox fit into the history of U.S.-Soviet relations?

by Erez Manela via Diplomatic History on March 5, 2010

"Sunrise at Northport Harbor" painting by Arthur Dove.

Unpopular Front

American art and the Cold War.

by Louis Menand via The New Yorker on October 9, 2005

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