Cold War Reflections

The term ‘Cold War’ describes the mostly non-war competition between the Soviet Union, Warsaw Pact, and its alliances and the United States, NATO, and its several alliances. Winston Churchill named the  ‘Cold War’ in a 1947 speech in Fulton, Missouri, and ended with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.

Aleksandr Nikolayevich Shelepin (born Aug. 18, 1918, Voronezh, Russia—
15 Apr

Deception and Irony

Cold War Reflections / Soviet Union
Article first published as  "Deception and Irony: Soviet Arms and Arms Control," Open Source Intelligence, Spring/Summer 1993 (Volume 14, Number 2&3) Deception and Irony: Soviet Arms and Arms Control In...
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27 Mar

AI, The Creative Arts, and me

Cold War Reflections / Publishing
Artificial intelligence is not new to me. In the 1980s, I invested (your) money and (my) time in several artificial intelligence projects, most of which remain classified (I link to...
03 Dec

Wounded

Cold War Reflections / Family / Publishing / Wisconsin
The second novel in The Long War series  A sweeping tale of exile, hope, and resilience—WOUNDED   Book Two of The Long War saga. In the spring of 1960, tragedy struck...
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26 Sep

The Fragility of Truth

Cold War Reflections
In the shadow of a global stand-off, the official narrative of a nation often clashed with the memories of its people. Ideology dictated what was true, and the line between...
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02 Dec

Memories from the time of Stalin

Book Reviews / Cold War Reflections / Russia / Soviet Union
I am reading interviews about Soviet repression that the Russia Memorial (with assistance from Orlando Figes) gathered.Memorial, controversial in Russia (Vladimir Putin suppressed Memorial, but its archives are preserved outside the...

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