"You know what? The Moon's big enough that we can nuke it and land on it at the same time, so let's give this a shot." In 1958, the U.S. government plotted to show up the Soviets in the Space Race — ...
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were put to death for spying for the Soviet Union. Decades later, we’re still grappling with what ...
The Führer’s deputy embarks on an astonishing secret mission. After baling out Mussolini in the Balkans, German troops ...
Ever an optimist and a peacemaker, Lozansky advocates “resetting the clock with Russia.” ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a revival of the Soviet answer to the Eurovision Song Contest in an effort to ...
THE WORD “HUBRIS” HAS COME UP frequently since Russia launched its full-scale war against Ukraine. The most straightforward ...
Dozens of senior officials put on leave. Thousands of contractors laid off. A freeze put on billions of dollars in ...
Rock music was placed under heavy restrictions in the USSR during the Cold War, but, in 1988, the regime allowed Bon Jovi to ...
An author of books on Russia who spoke the language, she had no diplomatic experience but formed an unlikely bond with the ...
A commemoration to mark the liberation of the Auschwitz camp in Poland by Soviet troops was attended by German Chancellor ...
Yes, there were Soviet troops in North Vietnam, and in significantly larger numbers than their Korean War predecessors. Although the Cold War never turned into a “hot war,” i.e., full-blown World War ...