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We’ve come close to discussing the Warsaw Pact several times in past episodes and today it finally gets a stand-alone show! It’s easy to look at the Warsaw Pact as solely a counterbalance to NATO, but we’re going to discuss a few other nuance
I don’t have a real historical topic today, but I’ve been thinking about why I’ve always been fascinated with the Cold War and I think it has something to do with my historical perspective catching the tail end of it as a young child and then
Today we’re discussing a true Cold War curiosity and perhaps the most famous pigeon of the Cold War, Leaping Lena. As the story goes, the pigeon got lost behind the Iron Curtain during a race and came back with a message for the west to conti
A few months ago I was able to sit down and go through the local library’s archives of articles they collected about the city’s civil defense planning for the nuclear war. In this episode we’ll look at how Des Moines, Iowa, a good “Anytown, US
We’ve been discussing Cold War geography and today we’re talking about the most enduring interface of the Cold War – the DMZ between North Korea and South Korea. The DMZ is the most tense border area on the planet. In this episode we talk ab
We’ve been discussing Cold War geography and today we’re talking about the most enduring interface of the Cold War – the DMZ between North Korea and South Korea. The DMZ is the most tense border area on the planet. In this episode we talk ab
Today we’re talking about a stretch of ocean between the UK and Greenland (with Iceland in the middle) that is pretty much the only access point for the Soviets to hit the high seas of the Atlantic and potentially cut off NATO supply lines…as w
Over the next couple of episodes we’re going to look at some key points on the Cold War map. Appropriately we’re going to start with the Fulda Gap in Germany, an extremely important pass through rugged terrain during the Cold War. Today it’s
The B-52 Stratofortress was the “tip of the spear” for the American arsenal during the Cold War (well, along with the ICBM) and really one of the most remarkable planes in the history of aviation. Today we’re going to look at the history of the
Today we’re talking about one of the most iconic bits of pop culture from the Cold War, “Duck and Cover”. This 1952 short features an ever-vigilant cartoon turtle named Bert who shows America’s schoolchildren various ways to react to an atomic
We’re straying far off our Cold War timeline in order to discuss Threads, a 1984 British “docudrama” about nuclear war. I have to say that this one way over exceeded my expectations. This is easily one of the most memorable films I’ve ever seen
Today we’re talking about the role of shortwave radio during the Cold War and even the state of that platform today. Shortwave radio was one of the most effective weapons of the Cold War in the sense of it allowed both sides of the conflict to
I’ll admit I’ve always had a soft spot for conspiracy theories. As a kid I used to visit the John Birch Society booth at the Iowa State Fair every year and come back with pamphlets on all kinds of subjects. Although my exposure to them was duri
Today we’re talking about decolonization, one of the most important undercurrents and/or parallel events to the Cold War. Although the decolonization process of each country was unique, there were certainly some common themes in this period tha
The nature of warfare didn’t change in the atomic age, but being a prisoner of war had some new complications during the Cold War – prisoners now had political and propaganda value. With the world watching, prisoners could be used to undermine
Today we’re talking about the original Godzilla film which gives us a unique perspective on the Cold War climate from Japan. Godzilla is a metaphor for the atomic bomb itself as well as the potential harmful side effects of playing with technol
Today we’re discussing the brilliant 1959 Korean War film Pork Chop Hill. This film manages to turn a tragic and dire moment in history into something of a dark comedy…and also maybe acts as a microcosm of the Korean War and the Cold War experi
Today we’re talking about the period between about February 1951 through July of 1953 of the Korean War, characterized by a stalemate at the 38th Parallel and negotiations between the two camps. We’ll cover that period and why talks were held
This episode is a listener request and I hope I delivered what was asked for – we’re discussing Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea from 1948-60. I think looking at his legacy is valuable because it adds some complexity to the Cold War by c
Today we’re talking about Korean War from about the first of October 1950 through February 1951. This brief period of the war saw the most action and the United States & friends facing off against the Red Chinese. The brutal fighting was only
It’s been a while! Today we’re back on track talking about the 1951 film The Steel Helmet, the story of an American army in disarray during the early years of the Korean War eventually finding its fighting spirit thanks to a grizzled “retread”
On June 25 of 1950, the Korean War finally went hot. North Korean troops made light work out of the ill-prepared South Koreans and captured Seoul by June 28. Back in the US President Truman was whisked away from Missouri and back to Washingt
In 1950 Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin delivered a bombshell speech accusing the State Department of being riddled with communists. While there was already a sense of paranoia of communist infiltration in the United States, McCarthy’s sp
On January 12, 1950 Secretary of State Dean Acheson gave a speech that was widely perceived as a diplomatic blunder, giving acquiescence to the commies to invade South Korea without the US interfering. In this episode we look at what the Trum
In 1950, President Harry S. Truman sent out for an assessment of the world situation. His National Security Council came back with the top secret NSC-68, an extremely important document of the Cold War that prescribes messianic Americanism (b
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