Deterrence can help secure peace, Björn Bjarnason argues #coldwar #deterrence #Iceland

Deterrence can help secure peace, Björn Bjarnason argues #coldwar #deterrence #Iceland
Reagan and Gorbachev’s Höfði summit turns 40 #coldwar #diplomacy #Iceland
"There were still a lot of people who were not convinced Ceausescu had lost power."
As seen from the USS Hornet
In Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a Worcester class light cruiser at anchor. The pair were the last all gun light cruisers of the US Navy.
#worcester #uss #cruiser #warship #ship #cuba #coldwar #usa #america #navalhistory #history #navalbase #1950s
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A pair of portraits of soldiers from the 8e Bataillon de Parachutistes Coloniaux during Opération Camélia, 12 May 1953, Tonkin Province, Vietnam.
#MilitaryHistory #France #Vietnam #Indochina #ColdWar #History #Military #Photography
econopass.com · Marco Bellinari
In April 1979, people in a Soviet city began dying of a mysterious illness. The government said it was bad meat. It was not bad meat. The cover-up required an entire city to lie at once.
#sverdlovsk #anthrax #sovietunion #coldwar #bizarreworld #culture
This isn'tt just a bad idea & a terrible precedent but also illustrates what the US government has become; an oafish bully who understands nothing but wining or losing & believes might is right. I'm reminded of the #ColdWar days when governments would often succumb to similar threats from the USSR.
and here example from Cold War #ColdWar
Cold coffee. Hissing radio. Three weeks of frozen surveillance on a Manhattan bookshop. An FBI man logs every detail, but the dead air hides something deeper. When does duty become the real silence?
Run a small republic through 45 years of Cold War: one national project a turn, agents abroad, and aid from either side at a price. All in animated ASCII. Out Jan 18, 2027.
Third Bloc by ASCII Interactions · Steam page
#indiegame #strategy #simulation #coldwar #steam
Discover the early beginnings and formation of the Azerbaijani Democratic Party in 1945-46, focusing on how the party initially seized power. Learn more in the full article: bit.ly/JH61-2b
#IranianAzerbaijanis #AzerbaijaniNationalisminIran #ColdWar #EthnicMinoritiesInIran World History Association
Tom Anderson's #article series on the #history of #naval #warfare looks at the #ColdWar and how such conflict was mostly absent - with exceptions we'll look at next time. #MilitaryHistory #Navy www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/naval-g...
‘Many of the key figures in the Communist conspiracy against the United States are still unknown, unpunished and uninhibited in their treason. ...’
#RedScare #communism #McCarthyism #ColdWar #HearstNewspapers #cartoons
In #OCTOBER 1948
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‘Outlaw the Red Fascists! - The Hearst Newspapers Expose the Folly of Coddling Communists’
The Hearst Newspapers. October 1948.
#RedScare #communism #McCarthyism #ColdWar #HearstNewspapers #cartoons
📅 #onthisday 8 October 1995 – John Cairncross dies 🕵️♂️
For years the “fifth man” mystery lingered—but behind it lay stolen secrets and real consequences. No romance—just damage. Antonia Senior explains why it still matters. 🔥
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#History #ColdWar #Espionage #otd
The Stasi’s Manual for Controlling East Germany
#uap #ufo #declassified #unredacted #ciafiles #whistleblower #disclosure #ColdWar #CommunistEastGermany #EastGermany #ErichMielke
https://www.unredacted.info/espionage/the-stasis-manual-for-controlling-east-germany/