Showing posts with label Cold War. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cold War. Show all posts
Sunday, 31 July 2016

The Books I Read In July

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Fiction 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire' As I have noted before, I come to read the Harry Potter series from watching the mov...
Saturday, 3 August 2013

What If Richard Nixon Had Won the 1960 US Presidential Election?

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My views on this topic can be found in my e-book ‘Other Lives: 'What If?' Essays about Famous People in History’ .   It is avail...
Saturday, 1 October 2011

Britain's Cultural Perception of Cold War Spying

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You will probably not be surprised when I say this posting has been prompted by me seeing the recently released movie of 'Tinker, Tailor...
Thursday, 6 January 2011

I Don't Love the 1980s: Second Bash

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Back in October, last year, I finally got around to writing my views of the 1980s.  Given that it is a decade which is being referenced a lo...
Saturday, 9 October 2010

Who Really 'Won' the Cold War?

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I remember back in 1989 when the Berlin Wall was broken through.  I had just returned to the UK from living West Germany; ironically, whilst...
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Friday, 6 June 2008

The US Empire Expands - 19th Century Imperialism Lives On

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Just when I thought we were beginning to witness a bit of maturity in US politics with the primaries for the Democratic candidate which seem...
Friday, 26 October 2007

Why the USA Scares Me

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Living in the UK people for some reason always feel we are in danger of being dominated by others. In the Cold War many believed the USSR h...