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Drawing on extensive interviews with George Kennan and exclusive access to his archives, John Lewis Gaddis, former Wilson Center fellow and Robert A. Lovett Professor of Military and Naval History at Yale University discusses his latest book entitled George F. Kennan: An American Life which delivers a revelatory biography of its troubled mastermind. more
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The Latest from the Cold War International History Project
NKIDP Offsite Conference: “North Korea’s Cold War”
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Jan 27, 2012
The North Korea International Documentation Project and The Ohio State University are pleased to announce an upcoming conference entitled North Korea’s Cold War. more
Archives in Wartime: From WWII to the Invasion of Iraq
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February 24, 2012 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
Roundtable discussion of the controversy surrounding Iraqi state records seized during the United States invasion of Iraq. A panel of archivists and historians will examine the tangled political, legal and historical issues which arise when government records are captured by invading forces. more
Call for Papers: European Summer School on Cold War History
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Jan 25, 2012
Fourth Annual European Summer School on Cold War History at the Università di Trento, 5-8 September 2012 more
Spartak Moscow: A History of the People's Team in the Workers' State
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April 04, 2012 // 3:30pm — 5:30pm
Robert Edelman, professor of Russian history and the history of sport at the University of California, San Diego will lead a panel discussion on his latest book entitled Spartak Moscow: A History of the People's Team in the Workers' State which examines one of the most successful Soviet soccer clubs of all-time. more
The Role of the USIA in Implementing America’s Policy towards the Soviet Union: A Case Study of the Cuban Missile Crisis
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January 31, 2012 // 3:00pm — 4:00pm
Wilson Center ECNU Scholar Zhao Jike will present a work-in-progress presentation entitled The Role of the USIA in Implementing America’s Policy towards the Soviet Union: A Case Study of the Cuban Missile Crisis which examines the role of the USIA in implementing U.S. policy toward the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis. more
