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The History of the Family Bomb Shelter
Throughout history, the family bomb shelter has reflected the shifting optimism, anxieties, and cynicism of the nuclear age.
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Thomas Bishop
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Zócalo Public Square
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April 18, 2022
partner
Biden’s Putin Comments Could Warp U.S. Policy
The lesson of the first Gulf War and its aftermath for handling Russia.
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Joseph Stieb
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Made By History
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April 1, 2022
Hotline Suspense
The entire plot of Stanley Kubrick's Cold War satire turns around getting people on the phone.
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Devin Short
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Contingent
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March 19, 2022
Harry Truman Helped Make Our World Order, for Better and for Worse
Institutions meant to secure peace, from NATO to the U.N., date back to Truman’s Presidency. So do the conflicts threatening that peace.
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Beverly Gage
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The New Yorker
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March 4, 2022
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The Soviets and US
The contours and legacies of the most consequential political rivalry of the 20th century.
The Economic Weapon
The fate of the League of Nations provides a stark warning about using sanctions as a tool of modern warfare.
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Nicholas Mulder
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New Statesman
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March 3, 2022
Daniel Schorr and Nixon’s Tricky Road to Redemption
Nixon portrayed himself as a victim of the press. But from the 1952 Checkers speech through his post-presidency, he proved to be an able manipulator of the media.
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Ryan Reft
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Tropics of Meta
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February 25, 2022
Ignored Warnings: How NATO Expansion Led to the Current Ukraine Tragedy
NATO expansion - the trigger for Russia's attack on Ukraine?
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Ted Carpenter
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1945
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February 24, 2022
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Black Internationalism Is the Antidote to America’s Love of War
How Charlotta Bass, a Black woman and peace activist, anticipated America’s path to militarism.
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Denise Lynn
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Made By History
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February 15, 2022
partner
The ‘Miracle on Ice’ Shaped the Olympics Coverage We’re Seeing Every Night
How rooting for American athletes became part of Olympic TV coverage.
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Bruce Berglund
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Made By History
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February 9, 2022
Who’s Afraid of Isolationism?
For decades, America’s governing elite caricatured sensible restraint in order to pursue geopolitical dominance and endless wars. At last the folly may be over.
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Stephen Wertheim
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New York Review of Books
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February 3, 2022
The Surprising Greatness of Jimmy Carter
A conversation with presidential biographers Jonathan Alter and Kai Bird.
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Jonathan Alter
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Timothy Noah
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Kai Bird
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Washington Monthly
on
November 8, 2021
The Lie of Nation Building
From the very beginning, the problem with the US involvement in Afghanistan lay essentially in the deficits in American democracy.
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Fintan O’Toole
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New York Review of Books
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September 8, 2021
The Untold Story of the CIA’s MK Ultra: A Conversation with Stephen Kinzer
Stephen Kinzer discusses his new biography, “Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control.”
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Stephen Kinzer
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James Penner
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Ed Prideaux
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Los Angeles Review of Books
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May 19, 2021
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Why the Cold War Race for Nuclear Weapons Is Still a Threat
The Cold War may be over, but an arms race continues, even as safeguards once in place have fallen away.
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Retro Report
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April 26, 2021
partner
What Biden’s Attachment to An American Century Might Mean
Biden’s vision may conflict with promoting purported American values such as democracy and human rights.
by
Suzanne Enzerink
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Made By History
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December 16, 2020
The Long Roots of Endless War
A new history shows how the glut of US military bases abroad has led to a constant state of military conflict.
by
Daniel Immerwahr
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The Nation
on
November 30, 2020
Warfare State
Democrats and Republicans are increasingly united in an anti-China front. But their approaches to U.S. foreign policy diverge.
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Thomas Meaney
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London Review of Books
on
October 28, 2020
The American Empire and Existential Enemies
Since its emergence in the middle of the twentieth century, the American Empire has been fueled by the search for an enemy.
by
Daniel Bessner
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Foreign Exchanges
on
September 7, 2020
Joseph McCarthy and the Force of Political Falsehoods
McCarthy never sent a single “subversive” to jail, but, decades later, the spirit of his conspiracy-mongering endures.
by
Louis Menand
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The New Yorker
on
July 27, 2020
Sanctuary or Battlefield?
Fighting for the soul of American space policy.
by
Stephen Buono
via
Perspectives on History
on
July 15, 2020
The New Yorker Article Heard Round the World
Revisiting John Hersey's groundbreaking "Hiroshima."
by
Greg Mitchell
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Literary Hub
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July 2, 2020
Strategic Long-Term Propaganda
A new book considers the mid-century authors who were – and weren't – willing to have their work deployed in the service of the Cold War.
by
Randy Boyagoda
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First Things
on
June 1, 2020
We Remember World War II Wrong
In the middle of the biggest international crisis ever since, it’s time to admit what the war was—and wasn’t.
by
Adam Tooze
via
Foreign Policy
on
May 7, 2020
War Has Been the Governing Metaphor for Decades of American Life
But the COVID-19 pandemic exposes its weaknesses.
by
Paul M. Renfro
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TIME
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April 15, 2020
They Wanted to Remake the World; Instead We Got President Trump
Andrew Bacevich makes the case that America’s elites wasted the promise of the post-Cold War era.
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Beverly Gage
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Washington Post
on
January 10, 2020
The Long History of Parents Complaining About Their Kids’ Homework
“The child is made to study far, far beyond his physical strength.”
by
Rebecca Onion
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Slate
on
October 4, 2019
partner
Why Trying to Distinguish Between Useful and Dangerous Immigrants Always Backfires
Yesterday’s “good" immigrant can turn into tomorrow’s radical.
by
Faith Hillis
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Made By History
on
August 16, 2019
What John F. Kennedy’s Moon Speech Means 50 Years Later
“We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.”
by
Marina Koren
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The Atlantic
on
July 15, 2019
Homeland Insecurity
Mystery sorrounds the life of alumnus Homer Smith, who spent decades on an international odyssey to find a freedom in a place he could call home.
by
Jack El-Hai
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University of Minnesota
on
May 31, 2019
Democracy and Its Discontents
A consideration of four recent books that attempt to contend with the rise of Trumpism at home and abroad.
by
Adam Tooze
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New York Review of Books
on
May 19, 2019
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