An end to which Cold War? / Walter LaFeber -- The Cold War, the long peace, and the future / John Lewis Gaddis -- Quiet cataclysm : some afterthoughts on World War III / John Mueller -- Some lessons ...

Hal Brands and Gareth Porter debate the resolution, "The Cold War was a necessary response by the United States to a Soviet and Chinese threat to the global balance of power." Hal Brands, senior ...

Spanning from the late 1940s to the early 1990s, the Cold War wasn’t a traditional war that was fought on battlefields. As a high-stakes race between the U.S., the Soviet Union, and their allies, the ...

During December 2025, the Editorial Board of the New York Times published several articles “on why the US military needs to reinvent itself.” It described the state of US military as “Overmatched,” ...

At the height of the Cold War, northern Minnesota found itself on the front lines... In "Cold War Secrets of Northern Minnesota," you'll meet Cold War heroes like Ray Klosowski, Jim Chapman and Ronald ...

How Cold War vigilance and secrecy shaped Southern California culture. The Cold War had a profound impact on Southern California's infrastructure, revealing a landscape rife with secrets underneath.

Cold War firearms shaped modern infantry tactics by pushing combat decision-making down to the squad level. The AK-47 and M16 standardized assault rifle doctrine worldwide by prioritizing reliability ...