Cold War

David Williamson explains why events in Berlin twice threatened to unleash a third world war.

Mark Weisenmiller explains how, forty years ago, the ‘Sunshine State’ played a pivotal role in the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Paul Dukes analyses a number of books on the conflict.

Sean Lang has built his passion for history on several key experiences, both in terms of teaching and learning.

Siegfried Beer looks at the links between The Third Man and British intelligence.

Paul Dukes takes a fresh look at the Cold War in the light of some recurring themes of Russian and American history since the 18th century.

When North Korean tanks and infantry crossed the Thirty-Eighth Parallel in 1950, the Korean War began. The three-year war cost United Nations and South Korean forces over 200,000 casualties.

The scientist was found guilty of betraying atomic secrets on March 1st, 1950.

R.C. Macleod re-tells the story of the force that began by policing the Klondike and ended by spying on separatists and 'subversives'.

On January 31st, 1950, Truman announced that he had directed the Atomic Agency Commission 'to continue with its work on all forms of atomic energy weapons, including the so-called hydrogen or super-bomb'.