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Featured StoryA RED SCARE HALLOWEEN
Cold War Studies has come up with a list of 10 Red Scare films for your Halloween viewing. To purchase from Amazon, just click on each movie title. To view trailers for most of the movies go the Cold War Studies You Tube Channel. In no particular order, the Red Scare films are:THE RED MENACEThe Red Menace has been called an overheated expose of Communist Party [Read More...]
Featured StoryCommie Mummies
What happens to a Communist leader when they die? They’re mummified of course. What does that entail? Well, it’s been the stuff of Halloween Stories for hundreds of [Read More...]
Featured StoryTHE FOREIGN POLICY ESTABLISHMENT: WISE MEN OR BLOB?
Recently, I’ve been seeing lots of news headlines like this one from the New York Times: "For some, Afghanistan Outcome Affirms a Warning: Beware the Blob."At [Read More...]
Featured StoryOslo: The 1993 Peace Accords
I recently watched Oslo, a made for TV drama about the 1993 Oslo Peace Accords, now showing on HBO MAX. The film, based on the 2017 Tony Award-winning play by J.T. Rogers (who adapted his script), tells the story of a Norwegian couple who bypass the [Read More...]
EGYPT, SUEZ, AND THE DYNAMICS OF SUPERPOWER INTERVENTION IN THE MIDDLE EAST
The first Soviet bloc military aid agreement with a developing country involved $250 million in arms aid credits to Egypt dating back to September 1955.Although the agreement was signed by Czechoslovakia, it was actually negotiated with the Soviets and [Read More...]
Chess and the Cold War
How many of you play chess or at least watched The Queen’s Gambit on Netflix?Do you wonder if chess actually played an important role in the Cold War or do you think it’s just suggestive of the American-Russian rivalry?Well, if you’re sick of being [Read More...]
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A Cold War historian, Lisa holds a Ph.D. in Politics from New York University and a MS in Policy Analysis and Public Management from SUNY Stony Brook.
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Did you know? The start date of the Vietnam War (according to the US government) was 66 years ago today on November 1,1955 when the US Military Advisory Group-MAAG Vietnam-was established. Over the course of the 20 year war, 58,220 Americans will be killed and 304,000 wounded.
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A Red Scare Halloween! @coldwarstudies Movies about the Commie menace to enjoy #Halloween https://bit.ly/3pPb2f5 Watch with the lights on and the FBI on speed-dial! #ColdWar #movies #50s
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