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Metro Two is a purported underground transportation system concealed by the construction of the Moscow Metro on the orders of Josef Stalin, beginning in the 1930s.

California's Cold War Kids' second-ever Canadian gig at the Commodore Ballroom was greeted by hyper hipster kids, wide smiles and lots of sing-songs.

Starting the assignment with a list of focus questions will enable students to narrow research and develop specific thesis statements for expository history term papers.

A discussion of President Reagan's contribution to the collapse of the USSR and further factors leading up to the end of Cold War hostilities.

The Berlin Wall was opened on 9 November 1989. To mark the 20th anniversary an online exhibition explores British experiences through interviews, artwork and photography.

Cold War Modern is a fast-track survey of how the post-war period influenced the arts and the design of posters, clothing and everyday objects.

National Security Council Report 68 defined the Cold War as a global confrontation between the free world led by the U.S. & the Soviet Union intent on global domination.

The first decade of the Cold War validated Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain speech, from the division of Europe to internal fifth columns promoting Communism.

World War Two spanned six ravaging years. The damage and death toll was obvious to all, but less apparent were the impacts that WWII had on the start of the Cold War.

Combining historical insight with geopolitical analysis, America's Secret War discusses the origins and operations of the modern "war on terror".

Despite Soviet acquisition of the atomic bomb in 1949, early Cold War crises were frequently diffused when the U.S. threatened to use the bomb in several Asian conflicts.

Fresh off its row with England over the Alexander Litvinenko poisoning case, Russia gives a cold snub & tries redrawing Polar Maps. Canada & Denmark quickly strike back

Will the impact of global climate change on Southeast Asia encourage governments to turn to nuclear energy?

Less than a year later, President Bush spoke of the start of a new world order, following the end of the Cold War, in which all nations "can prosper and live in harmony."

American middle class families in the late 1940s and throughout the 1950s were challenged to follow gender roles and social norms designed to confront Communism.

As the Cold War slowly melts into our history books, it is difficult for younger generations to imagine a world where the fear of Communism haunted Americans.

Emma Woikin, born a prairie Doukhobor became a cipher clerk in Ottawa during World War II. In March 1946 she pleads guilty to spying for a country she loved, Russia.

Immediately after World War II, a new, "cold" war gripped the world and, just as they had done during WWII, comic books appeared to protect Americans from the Red Menace.

The Cuban revolutionary and President Fidel Castro played a significant role within the context of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States.

The United States and the Soviet Union each contributed much to the defeat of a common enemy in World War II. How did they become bitter adversaries so quickly?

Nicole Kidman gives a curiously wooden performance in The Invasion, while pod people swarm and vomit and intermittently deliver some really bad lines.

At the end of the Cold War North Korea's future looked bleak. The secretive regime, though nominally self-sufficient, was in reality heavily reliant on the Soviet Union.

Tour Canada's Cold War Museum near Ottawa known as the Diefenbunker, complex underground warren of protection in the event of a nuclear war.

In his early Presidency, the extreme views of President Reagan towards Communism were an attempt to maintain US strength in the world & counter the Soviet threat

Fresh on the heels of a decisive victory in Georgia, Russia is embarking on a new foreign policy path that has many analysts worried.

Russia and the West are using similar propaganda terms and techniques as Yugoslavia and Nato did in their war over Kosovo a decade ago: sovereignty and genocide.

The outcome of Zimbabwe's liberation struggle was shaped by the forces of the Cold War. It involved the US, Britain, China, Russia, UN, OAU, and Commenwealth.

The Soviet Union collapsed in a relatively short space of time, causing there to be debate as to whether it was long-term or short-term factors that caused its demise.

The failure of US foreign policy in reviving Eastern Europe after in end of the Cold War.

The Manchurian Candidate is a Cold War thriller and intense political satire with sinister plot twists starring Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey and Angela Lansbury.

US foreign policy in the Middle Cold War in 1953-73 was notably less successful than the Early Cold War, and culiminated in defeat in Vietnam.

In the wake of the Vietnam War, Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger were prepapred to accept some degree of American decline in a multipolar world.

NATO, a remnant of the Cold War, is today faced with adjusting from training to fight the Soviet Union, to handling the complex conflicts of the 21st century.

First launched in 1960, the SSN-594 Permit class were the world's first modern, quiet, deep-diving fast attack submarines.

It was little known that on at least two dozen occasions blood was drawn by either side of the two superpowers in the cold war in aerial combat.

A series of stories written for children provides a glimpse into the educational goals of the 1950s and early 1960s as they relate to social and cultural norms.

Scholarly publishing does not happen in a vacuum but is highly influenced by world events. Find out how the launch of Sputnik indirectly supported university presses.

In 1963, the Cold War was ready to turn hot; but, Marvel Comics was ready to save America with their entry into the super patriot game: Colonel Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD

Now a museum piece, this formidable weapon of the former Soviet Union regularly stalked and shadowed American ships at sea during the Cold War.

Although elements of the Cold War may have originated at Yalta, the Potsdam Conference validated Soviet European occupation and produced new global conflicts.

The notorious Berlin military prison for seven of Hitler's worst henchmen was run by Britian, France, The US and the Soviet Union for 39 years during the Cold War.

There was a consensus after Vietnam-mainly to avoid any similar war in the future. This consensus has obviously been violated in Iraq.

A brief look at the near death experience of atheist Howard Storm who, after spending time with Jesus in the afterlife, received several heavenly predictions.

Following the 1959 Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro comes into power. The United States fears that he will establish a Communist government in Cuba.

Science fiction movies of the 1950s were strongly influenced by the paranoia of the Atomic and Cold War Eras or the feeling that we are not alone.

Throughout the Cold War the United States worked with its allies to contain the Soviet Union's expansion; it's much the same today with regard to China.

After World War II, the US might well have moved back into 'isolationism' (nationalism), as it did after every major war in this century.

The 1984 film Red Dawn told the story of a Russian invasion in a Colorado town and a group of high school aged resistance fighters. How will the story look in 2009?

Douglas MacArthur and his superiors in Washington unwittingly opened the door to creating a major economic rival.

The Commonwealth and Frontline States were two important groups of countries which exerted great influence on the course of Zimbabwe's struggle for independence.