Ford Freedom – 1950′s TV Ad
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George F. Kennan’s Cold War
Thursday, November 24th, 2011When historians discuss American actions in the Cold War, usually the first texts they cite are the Long Telegram, which Kennan composed in February, 1946, and the so-called X article, “The Sources of Soviet Conduct,” which he published, in Foreign Affairs, a year and a half later. Vietnam seems the lineal offspring of those pieces. Was Kennan misunderstood? The question is at the heart of any assessment of his career.
Read Menand’s review of Gaddis’ bio of Kennan
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George Orwell: You and the Atomic Bomb
Sunday, September 18th, 2011This George Orwell piece was originally published by the Tribune on October 19, 1945 within two months after atomic bombs were dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan by the only country ever to have used them to kill people and destroy cities, viz., the U.S.A. Orwell had written enough about the same (re: A. Bomb) but this particular piece was exceptional for the insights it shared about the world dispensation that lay ahead in the age of atomic weaponry. In addition, it was clear that the groundwork for his novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four had been completed by this writing.
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Dr. Seuss: The Butter Battle Book
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Cold War International History Project
Sunday, September 18th, 2011The Woodrow Wilson School offers this tremendous resource
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NSA Archives on the Cuban Missile Crisis
Sunday, September 18th, 2011To commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the NSA published this
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Tom Lehrer Cold War Songs
Sunday, September 18th, 2011So Long, Mom (A Song for World War III)
Who’s Next?
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The Building of the Berlin Wall in 1961, Propaganda Documentary (1962)
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Did NATO Win the Cold War?
Sunday, September 18th, 2011This documentary supplement to the article, “Did NATO Win the Cold War? Looking over the Wall,” has been prepared on the occasion of the Washington summit marking the 50th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It is intended to provide the reader with the most important sources referred to in the text of the article that are relevant to the view of NATO “from the other side.”
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How The Beatles Rocked the Kremlin
Sunday, September 18th, 2011
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