Cold War

Leaving Cheyenne Mountain

William J. Astore : Nuclear Arms & Proliferation

Post-cold war America is looking a lot like the former Soviet Union.

2007

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.
Hiss In History

Victor Navasky : McCarthyism

Although many historians have condemned Alger Hiss as a Soviet spy, the facts of his story remain obscure.
Hiss in History

Victor Navasky : McCarthyism

Although many historians have condemned Alger Hiss as a Soviet spy, the facts of his story remain obscure.
Schlesinger & The Nation

Victor Navasky : History

Remembering an eminent activist historian whose passing has left the public sphere much poorer.

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.
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.

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.
The Cool War

Brian Morton : Non-Fiction

The US government employed jazz musicians as ambassadors to the world during the cold war.
The X-Files

Anders Stephanson : Politicians & Political Leaders

An Obituary.

In the Bedroom (With Stalin)

Ronald Suny : History
There He Goes Again

Walter C. Uhler : Ronald Reagan
Eugene McCarthy: 1916-2005

Jon Wiener : Democratic Party

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.
The Fog of Cop-Out

Alexander Cockburn : Film