In 1947, New York City was able to avoid an epidemic of Smallpox. Unfortunately, the world hasn’t been so lucky this time around. Here are 8 health scares that occurred during the Cold War, some very different from the pandemic we’re facing in 2020. #1: Small Pox (1947) According to a post on Ephemeral New York (March 16, 2020), an American named Eugene Le Bar hopped on a … [Read More...]
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Election 2020: Is American Democracy in Danger
Concern It’s election season in the US and more than one of the Democratic primary contenders is touting one form or another of the following: “Our Democracy is in … [Read More...]
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COLD WAR IRAN: THE RISE OF IRAN’S ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS CORPS (IRGC)
This post was originally published in 2015. In light of recent events, I think it's worth taking another look. One of the first challenges faced by Iran's … [Read More...]
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Foreign Aid: The Cold War and Now
Today, just as in 1947, American foreign aid is a very contentious topic. So contentious, in fact, that the handling of military assistance to the Ukrainian nation in the summer of 2019 is at the core of an ongoing impeachment debate in the United States … [Read More...]
The Superpowers in the Third World
Background Nikita Khrushchev, the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 -1964, was responsible for the launching of a bold political offensive against the West in the Third World. At the time of Stalin’s death in 1953, … [Read More...]
The War in the Third World Begins
Soon after World War II ended, American and Russia took center stage in world affairs. Both of them declared war on the colonial system, and soon the Third World was caught up in a new ideological struggle. The Third World was to be torn apart by its own … [Read More...]
