Tag: Cold War
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Video from the Prelinger Archives, hosted on the Internet Archive.
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A younger historian on Facebook called this picture a “Nice primary source of the late Cold War!” I don’t know what that makes me, the guy in front, but I decided to share here too.
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YouTube video: Soviet stop motion animation of matchsticks fighting over a border and then launching the ultimate weapon, ending everything.
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In a piece called “Mind Games: Remembering Brainwashing” from today’s New York Times, Tim Wiener points to one of the more irresponsible uses of historical documents that I have seen this summer. Apparently “American military and intelligence officers” (he is not more specific) decided in 2002 to examine Cold War…
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YouTube video aimed at American soldiers: “Your Job in Germany,” from very early in the occupation.
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The Cold War Museum does not yet have a permanent home, but you can visit it on the web. While I welcome this resource, I am disappointed that it focuses almost exclusively on the military side of this conflict. What about the Cold War’s broader impact on culture, politics, and…
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The following post originally appeared on my old history blog, Clio and Me, on this date. When I went to the student coffee shop on Friday, the student at the cash register guessed my order before I could tell him what I wanted. I remarked that I had had similar…
