Explore the Cold War through politics, culture, espionage, film, protest, fashion, and global conflict. This guide highlights some of the most important and accessible starting points across Cold War Studies.
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The Early Cold War in a Nutshell
Soviet Efforts in the Third World
Ideologies Collide
The Cultural Cold War
End of the Cold War: Gorbachev Resigns
GLOBAL FLASHPOINTS
The Cold War reshaped regional politics through proxy wars, revolutions, ideological conflict, and intervention.
White Revolution & Modern Iran
Cuba and the Missile Crisis
Chile Under Pinochet
Korean War Timeline
Vietnam War
ESPIONAGE & SPY CULTURE
The Cold War unfolded through secrecy, intelligence networks, double agents, surveillance, and the mythology of espionage.
The GOATs
George Smiley
The Stylish Spy
Noir/Espionage
Moscow Rules
FILM, BOOKS, & CULTURE
Cold War anxieties and ideals shaped film, literature, protest movements, fashion, and popular culture around the world.
Scary Cold War
Beat Generation
Cold War Fashion
1970s Roller Disco
Jazz Diplomacy
Nature & Warfare
TIMELINES & RESOURCES
Israel-Palestine
Iran Nuclear Timeline
NSC-68 (1948-1950): A Podcast
Crossword Puzzle
Introducing Islam (an email course)
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History didn’t end with the Cold War — many of its tensions, fears, and cultural forces still shape the world today.
