Leaving Cheyenne Mountain
William J. Astore : Nuclear Arms & Proliferation
Post-cold war America is looking a lot like the former Soviet Union.
2008
2007
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The Old and New Shapes of Nuclear Danger
Jonathan Schell : Arms Spending & Proliferation
During the cold war, the driving force was the bilateral arms race; now it's proliferation.
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Hiss In History
Although many historians have condemned Alger Hiss as a Soviet spy, the facts of his story remain obscure.
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Hiss in History
Although many historians have condemned Alger Hiss as a Soviet spy, the facts of his story remain obscure.
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Schlesinger & The Nation
Remembering an eminent activist historian whose passing has left the public sphere much poorer.
2006
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Class Consciousness
Charles Taylor : Autobiography & Memoir
Decca: The Letters of Jessica Mitford explores the contradictions of a social revolutionary possessed of an aristocrat's sense of the wrong and right kind of people.
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All Governments (and Some Journalists) Lie
Eric Alterman : Journalists & Journalism
Democracy demands that journalists tell the truth. The success of liars like Bob Novak and Ann Coulter is a greater threat to America than a truck full of terrorists bent on doing us harm.
2005
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Tug of War
Andrew J. Bacevich : US Foreign Policy
The reality of America's role in the cold war was far more complex and ambiguous than historical accounts suggest.
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The Cool War
The US government employed jazz musicians as ambassadors to the world during the cold war.
2004
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Eugene McCarthy: 1916-2005
Eugene McCarthy, the Senate dove who in 1968 challenged Lyndon Johnson's conduct of the Vietnam War, died Saturday at the age of 89. In this 2004 review of Dominic Sandbrook's biography of McCarthy, Jon Wiener assesses the man and his impact on liberal politics.
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