We may be heading not for general breakdown but for an epoch as horribly stable as the slave empires of antiquity.” These six ...

Now as the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall approaches, CNN will re-air its epic 24-part landmark series to give viewers a chance to see how the events of yesterday have shaped the ...

There are three types of questions to try: knowledge, skills and develop the detail. The questions in this quiz are suitable for GCSE History students studying various topics such as the background to ...

By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD NKyTribune Our Rich History editor Memorial Day in 1951 looked much like the commemorations that had come before it. Communities observed the day with solemn tributes to ...

On Nov. 12, 2024, the National Cold War Center at Blytheville announced a partnership with the Woodrow Wilson Center in an effort to preserve the story of the Cold War. The Washington-based center, ...

Longtime Bowdoin history professor Allen Wells recasts the recent history of Latin America as a battle of democracy vs. dictatorship, rather than left vs. right. “When we think of Latin America, the ...

Conventional histories usually mark the beginning of the Cold War to the year 1946 or 1947. But in truth the Cold War began during the Second World War. Great Britain welcomed Josef Stalin’s Soviet ...

The Cold War and its effects. Remarks delivered at the Jordan Center Workshop, New York University, November 1, 2024. My current reading of what Russia has become is based on my own experiences as an ...

The first person to find the body lying in the stone courtyard of the Czechoslovak Foreign Ministry at 6:15 a.m. on March 10, 1948, was a janitor. Clothed in pajamas, the corpse was cold, lying face ...