When students begin learning about the Cold War, they often encounter the most dramatic moments first: the Berlin Wall, ...
Russian president Vladimir Putin’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine has caused its share of intellectual confusion. Putin has never coherently or consistently explained his intentions, and Russia’s ...
During December 2025, the Editorial Board of the New York Times published several articles “on why the US military needs to reinvent itself.” It described the state of US military as “Overmatched,” ...
While 1991 is often given as the end of the Cold War, the truth is that the Cold War never ended; it just paused before resuming again. With the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the reunification of ...
Cold War firearms shaped modern infantry tactics by pushing combat decision-making down to the squad level. The AK-47 and M16 standardized assault rifle doctrine worldwide by prioritizing reliability ...