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The Avro Vulcan, a revolutionary aircraft, emerged as a symbol of British engineering prowess during the Cold War. This iconic...| PlaneHistoria
The Avro Vulcan, a revolutionary aircraft, emerged as a symbol of British engineering prowess during the Cold War. This iconic...| PlaneHistoria
Truman and his “wise men” made mistakes that America is still paying for today.| Modern Age
“These display screens would display signs of air attack against Canada and the United States. By pushing buttons, the NORAD battle staff members can take an electronic look at the tracks of space satellites or aircraft, which are chartered on the display by computers This is the nerve center which would give the first warning … Continue reading "Inside NORAD’s Cheyenne Mountain Combat Center, c.1966" The post Inside NORAD’s Cheyenne Mountain Combat Center, c.1966 appeared first on Fl...| Flashbak
When a nation offers peace and economic partnership, most governments listen. But not Washington—at least not under the influence of Secretary of State Marco Rubio, whose hardline crusade against Nicolás Maduro’s government has once again pushed the United States toward confrontation rather than diplomacy. According to reporting by The New York Times, Venezuela’s leadership, seeking […]| Progreso Weekly
The Lockheed P-2 Neptune, initially known as the P2V until a nomenclature change by the United States Navy in September 1962, is a specialized aircraft designed for maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) operations. Lockheed developed this aircraft for the US Navy as a successor to the Lockheed PV-1 Ventura and PV-2 Harpoon, and it was later superseded by the Lockheed P-3 Orion. Although primarily a land-based platform, a select number of Neptunes were adapted for carrier launches u...| PlaneHistoria
When discussing Cold War aviation and the iconic aircraft of the 20th century, few names resonate as strongly as MiG. Short for Mikoyan-Gurevich, the MiG series of fighters became synonymous with Soviet air power, showcasing innovation, adaptability, and the strategic priorities of the USSR across decades of global tension. From the Korean War to modern aerial conflicts, MiG fighters have left an indelible mark on military aviation. Beginning The MiG story begins with the founding of the Miko...| PlaneHistoria
Stephan Kieninger explains how his book, Securing Peace in Europe, contradicts Putin's claims that the West excluded Russia after the Cold War. The post Stephan Kieninger on Securing Peace in Europe first appeared on Columbia University Press Blog.| Columbia University Press Blog
America’s rebranded Department of War promises a new era of endless death and violence, says William Astore. By William Astore TomDispatch A rebranded Department of War, President Donald Trump recently suggested, simply sounds tougher (and more Trumpian) than “defense.” As is his wont,| Consortium News
China’s ambitions need to be checked.| Modern Age
The US was the bulwark of The Alleged West. And even in Europe, everyone who mattered supported NATO, as far as we knew. Looking back now, it’s our acceptance of the whole farce that seems odd. You’d think people would catch on after a few decades, but we never did.| THE EXILED – MANKIND'S ONLY ALTERNATIVE
Republished from the Radio War Nerd subscriber newsletter. Subscribe to the Radio War Nerd podcast hosted by Gary Brecher & Mark Ames for podcasts, newsletters and more! It’s a full-time job, keeping track of the US/NATO campaign to start a fire somewhere on China’s borders. It’s...| THE EXILED – MANKIND'S ONLY ALTERNATIVE
The third temptation of Christ: Christ and the devil on a pinnacle of the temple.’ Coloured chromolithograph after John Martin. Wellcome Collection. (CC BY 4.0) One Billion Years to the…| Calmgrove
We are republishing the article by the comrades of the International Communist Current in response to the new global conditions and the position of the internationalists. In recent articles written on the first days... The post Trump 2.0: New steps into capitalist chaos appeared first on Internationalist Voice.| Internationalist Voice
For us, the crucial concern in this Ukraine-Russia war is not who ends up in control of Crimea and the Donbas, but that the U.S. not be sucked into a war with Russia that could escalate into a world war and a nuclear war. To President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Ukraine, ... Read more...| Patrick J. Buchanan – Official Website
After Putin’s speech, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked for the accelerated admission of Ukraine to the NATO alliance… This could mean a U.S.-Russia war, which could escalate to World War III and nuclear war, and was something that every U.S. president from Harry Truman to Ronald Reagan saw as his ... Read more...| Patrick J. Buchanan – Official Website
Forced constantly by the establishment to choose between them, patriotic Americans may one day come to choose, as did their fathers, the country they love over the crown that rules them. Asked, “What is an American?” many would answer, “An American is a citizen of the United States.” Yet, at ... Read more...| Patrick J. Buchanan – Official Website
By Michael Bobelian – The Washington Post In the long run, history will validate Donald Trump’s stand on a border wall,” Patrick Buchanan, the former Nixon and Reagan White House aide and Republican presidential candidate, wrote in 2019. “Why? Because mass migration from the global South … is the real ... Read more...| Patrick J. Buchanan – Official Website
the intelligence individuals are less James Bond and George Smiley than bureaucrats| CONTINGENT
BRITISH MEDIA REPORTED THE death on Saturday of Oleg Gordievsky, arguably the most significant double spy of the closing stages of the Cold War, whose disclosures informed the highest executive levels of the West.| intelNews.org
This fall I am going to be presenting a paper on the Navy’s development of the Hunter-Killer Submarine (SSK) and how they evolved the World War II submarine into more familiar submarines of today. …| The Text Message
After World War II, the city of Berlin was divided in four sections with one finding themselves closed off with concrete and barbed wire. A wall was built that separated the free from the enslaved. In the 1970s, Georgina Liu found herself living on one side but getting to venture into the other. Liu shares […]| The Brophisticate
As late-stage capitalism breaks down, it increasingly deforms language. We see it every day, in every news report, in every mainstream analysis, as elite state power doubles down on mass manipulation.| Anna Chen – Renew the spirit, free the mind
On June 26, 1945, the Charter of the United Nations was signed in San Francisco, California. There are approximately 100 properties in the National Register files that contain the term “United Nations,” including the San Francisco Civic Center (National Archives Identifier 123858074), where the organizational meeting for the international organization was held in 1945. “The … Continue reading The 80th Anniversary of the Signing of the United Nations Charter (Properties in the Nation...| The Text Message
It’s time for another episode of On Writing. A Better Peace welcomes William Inboden to the studio to discuss his book, "The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, the Cold War, and the World on the Brink." Will sits down with host Michael Neiberg for a conversation about capturing the efforts and accomplishments of the 40th President of the United States, Ronald Reagan, and his administration as they confronted the Soviets, reduced the nuclear threat and won the Cold War. The discussion examines how W...| A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast
I’ve written a new piece about two philosophers – Raymond Geuss and the late Alasdair MacIntyre – for the Marginalia Review of Books. There’s no paywall. You can read it her…| Benjamin Studebaker
The Girl with the Needle mostra la crisi della società occidentale dove a farne le spese sono le classi più fragili| Lo Specchio Scuro
Jeremi and Zachary have a conversation with Dr. Mark Pomar on the historical impact of Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, and Radio Liberty’s critical role of radio communications during the Cold War, and the challenges they face today including the recent threats to their operation. Zachary sets the scene with his poem, “Radio Liberty”. […] The post This is Democracy – Broadcasting Democracy appeared first on Not Even Past.| Not Even Past
Today is the 50th Anniversary of the Liberation of Saigon and the reunification of Vietnam after almost a century of colonial and great power meddling. It was the first full blown American military…| The Trickster's Guide to Geopolitics
This week marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Fall of Saigon, as well as the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. With the last American combat troops withdrawing from Vietnam in M…| The Unwritten Record
The United States’ views of Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh during World War II and during the Cold War changed quite dramatically. | The Desert Way with Jaylyn and John
How many of us of a certain age were admonished as children to “clean their plates” at mealtime because “people were starving in Europe.” Wasting food was sinful. Images of shivering, hungry, bone…| Envisioning The American Dream
Putin has done what the Soviets long dreamed of accomplishing- a Russian-controlled puppet placed in the White House. The vodka must be flowing in hell as Joseph Stalin and Nikita Khrushchev are g…| Envisioning The American Dream
Churchill’s hatred of Communism is well-known, but he never saw Soviet Russia, and later Communist China, in the same light as Nazi Germany, which he considered beyond negotiations. But Tucker-Jones veers into historical swampland by asserting that Churchill's 1946 “Iron Curtain” speech at Fulton, Missouri, was "paradoxical," if not “hypercritical,” since Churchill claims “sold out” Eastern Europe well before Yalta. The post Anthony Tucker-Jones on the Selling Out of Eastern Eur...| The Churchill Project – Hillsdale College
Today is a day of no TV for me. On Inauguration Day, 2025 my TV goes dark. Other than 2017, for over 50 years I have watched with pride every televised presidential swearing-in. Whether on …| Envisioning The American Dream
Before Joe hands over the keys to the White House on January 2oth, he’s flashing the warning lights. In his final speech from the Oval Office, Joe Biden did not tell America to stand back and…| Envisioning The American Dream
Originally written for a book review contest, here's my take on a revisionist Watergate history that offers wild and fascinating theories on the reasons for the break-in that changed American history.| Jim Nelson
Explore how rising developing nation debt, coupled with slow economic growth and rising interest payments, is impacting global stability.| Vision of Humanity
It is an embarrassment Hollywood hasn't been able or willing to make a better movie about Ronald Reagan in forty years.| Never Was
Viktor Belenko's defection with the MiG-25 Foxbat provided the West with crucial Cold War intelligence and a significant propaganda victory.| Historic Mysteries
The mysterious Ozersk, known as City 40, was not on any maps. Completely walled off, it was home to a covert Soviet nuclear program.| Historic Mysteries
Over the years the US military has gone to great lengths to maintain its superiority. Sadly, this includes carrying out some outrageous human experiments.| Historic Mysteries
Everyone makes mistakes, but some mistakes are much bigger than others. For these people their mix-ups weren’t just embarrassing, they were deadly.| Historic Mysteries
To the outside world, Camp Century seemed to be a research station. But in reality it was the home of Project Iceworm, a secret US nuclear Arctic missile base.| Historic Mysteries
When I started this blog years ago, I made a private agreement with myself: I would avoid writing topical political content. Substack, social media, and the blogosphere is saturated with political commentary, providing lots of heat but little light. I don’t like trafficking in outrage, which is the fast-track to success in political blogging. However, […]| Jim Nelson
IF THE BERLIN WIND BLOWS MY FLAG: ART AND INTERNATIONALISM BEFORE THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL AT DAADGALERIE, N.B.K., AND GALERIE IM KÖRNERPARK, SEPTEMBER 9, 2023 – JANUARY 14, 2024 The exact aim of the large-scale, three-site exhibition, When the Berlin Wind Blows My Flag: Art and Internationalism Before the Fall of the Berlin Wall, is difficult to define. The first sentence of the exhibition’s introductory text promised to offer insight “into the history of the DAAD Artists-in-B...| ARTMargins
