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Hace 1 día · To Run the World by Sergey Radchenko: New insights on USSR’s approach to the Cold War Making extensive use of archives, the author gives fresh details of what was going on behind the scenes ...
Hace 1 día · The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is a military alliance originally established in 1949 to create a counterweight to Soviet armies stationed in central and eastern Europe after World War II. When the Cold War ended, NATO was reconceived as a “cooperative-security” organization.
Hace 1 día · As the world grapples with signs of increasing geopolitical fragmentation, it is important to reflect on the lessons of the past. This column studies the economic impact of the Cold War, focusing on how the severity of trade barriers varied over time. While the Iron Curtain represented a tariff equivalent of 48% at its height in 1951, trade between East and West gradually became easier until ...
Hace 2 días · The Warsaw Pact (WP), formally the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance (TFCMA), was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland, between the Soviet Union and seven other Eastern Bloc socialist republics of Central and Eastern Europe in May 1955, during the Cold War.
Hace 3 días · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th U.S. president (1953–61), who had been supreme commander of the Allied forces in western Europe during World War II. A republican, as president, he presided over a period that was characterized by economic prosperity and conformity in the midst of the Cold War.
Hace 22 horas · Russia's former President Dmitry Medvedev said that the US erroneously believes it won the Cold War. "What's more, it is now just one step away from losing it completely," Medvedev added.
Hace 3 días · The United States sustained some 142,000 casualties in this limited war, most of them occurring after China’s entry. In addition to militarizing the Cold War, the Korean conflict widened its field. The United States assumed responsibility for protecting Taiwan against invasion from mainland China.
