The military wanted to test the electromagnetic impacts of nuclear weapons in space. In 1962 they lit up the sky.

What the visiting journalists weren’t told—nor were many of the soldiers living at the station, which could house up to ...

The early Cold War years may have been suffused with existential dread thanks to the never-ending threat of nuclear obliteration, but at least it did have a great look. Think cars with a ton of ...

However, by the early 1970s the USA was forced to withdraw. Managing the Cold War 1962-85 Following the Cuban Missile Crisis, the USA and the USSR attempted to reduce their hostilities.

The civilizational inflection point in our cold civil war happened sometime between Donald Trump's second inaugural address ...

Shortly after the Berlin Wall was torn down, prominent political leaders and commentators concluded that the U.S. military buildup under President Ronald Reagan had won the Cold War. "We were ...

Launched in utter secrecy, Parcae’s orbital triads tracked Soviet warships in real-time, offering a vital edge at the height of the Cold War.

Was there a ‘New Cold War’ in the early 1980s? Was there a ‘New Cold War’ in the early 1980s? This online resource is a collaboration between LSE IDEAS and The Open University. It has received ...

The Cold War was about to enter its most critical phase, when the world would be pushed to the brink of nuclear war. The world experienced a bumpy ride in the final years of the Cold War ...