The Secret Cold War History of the Missile That Launched America’s First Satellite
As part of the IGY, the Soviet Union vowed that it would launch an artificial satellite for space science. The U.S., not to ...
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Newly Declassified Documents Reveal the Untold Stories of the Red Scare, a Hunt for Communists in Postwar America
In his latest book, journalist and historian Clay Risen explores how the House Un-American Activities Committee and Senator ...
‘The Determined Spy’ Review: The Cold War Was His Playground
Frank Wisner’s career in espionage began in World War II, but his legacy was the creation of a CIA department that aimed to ...
The dangerous myth of U.S.-China cold war tensions
The United States is not in a cold war with China, and that’s precisely the problem. Unlike the Soviet Union, the Chinese ...
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The coldest war: Inside America’s Arctic war game
In this episode of "In the Shadows with Jason Bellini," go inside America's Arctic war game. See what it's like to do battle ...
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Low-Energy Fridays: What’s the Defense Production Act, and why do we care?
The Trump administration, like the preceding Biden administration, is making liberal use of a little-known Cold War law ...
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Princeton SPIA’s Program on Science and Global Security celebrates 50 years of nuclear policy milestones
SGS co-founder Frank von Hippel returns to campus Tuesday for a 50th anniversary event and book discussion about his new ...
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Why Norway is restoring its Cold War military bunkers
Norway's proximity to the USSR during the Cold War led to it building many military bunkers – some of them vast secret bases for planes and ships. Tensions with Russia have brought the bunkers ...
Revealed: The BBC’s New Cold War Spy Series Is A ‘Killing Eve’ Origin Story
EXCLUSIVE: Billed as a “flirty” Cold War spy drama, the BBC and ZDF’s Honey sounded a surefire bet when it was unveiled at ...
How did we get so hung up over nuclear energy?
The 1959 movie On the Beach is likely one of the saddest movies you will ever see. There’s the usual Hollywood take on a ...
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Rift in the trans-Atlantic alliance is growing
Furthermore, if the U.S. reaches an agreement with Russia, European countries will remain in a more vulnerable position. The ...
Noteworthy and influential people who’ve died this year
The world said goodbye last month to someone who made history as the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress. Former ...