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📣 New Podcast! "The CIA’s Secret Psychic Program: Science, Spies, and the Truth About ESP" on @Spreaker #ciapsychic #coldwarhistory #consciousness #declassified #deepdive #dredwinmay #esp #fringescience #governmentsecrets #mayimbialikbreakdown #mindovermatter #parapsychology #physicsfacts

My 1/72 scale diecast Canadian Army Centurions. 🙂❤🇨🇦 @canadianarmy.bsky.social #ColdWarHistory

It’s not just history; it's the story of survival. Spies, secrets, betrayals. This book tells it all.
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Kennedy and Nixon debated Cold War foreign policy on this day in 1960 in a second of four televised presidential debates. They covered issues from Cuba - Latin America, the U-2 Incident, Cold War and Civil Rights. #History #ColdWarhistory #JFK #RichardNixon

The Berlin Wall opened on November 9, 1989—but Germany was still divided. Then, at midnight on October 3, 1990, the Unification Treaty took effect and Germany was formally reunited.
October 3 is still celebrated as German Unity Day.
#GermanReunification #BerlinWall #ColdWarHistory #OnThisDay

🗺️ The Map Catches Up: At midnight on Oct. 3, East Germany dissolved and acceded to the Federal Republic.

👇 Read the full story on The Bard's Desk:

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#ColdWarHistory #ThisDayInHistory #GermanReunification #EuropeanHistory #TheOffKeyBard #BardsDesk

📚🇺🇸 Explore J.F.K. Cold War Assassination by Marc Birnbaum, showcased by Citi of Books at #BookmarksFestival2026. A closer look at JFK’s presidency, the Cold War, and his enduring assassination mystery.

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CFP

🗓️ "Cold War Internationalism & Its Afterlives: Emotions, Everyday Labour, & Transnational Encounters"
📍 Monash Prato Campus, Italy + Online (Sept 9–10, 2027)
📥 Abstracts due: Dec 1, 2026
📧 [email protected]

#HistMed #ColdWarHistory #HistSci

📻 Before podcasts, radio provided news, entertainment, even military intelligence. In 1962, China and the USSR faced off over India's Himalayan border. How did war nearly erupt? OSINT tells the story: https://ow.ly/GoK650ZT3WA

#InternationalPodcastDay #Podcasts #ColdWarHistory

📅 #onthisday 30 Sept 1949 ✈️
The Berlin Airlift officially ends after 15 months. A triumph, yes — but also a propaganda victory that shaped how we remember 1948. Were we sold a simpler story?
With Joseph Pearson.

🎧 Listen 👉 pod.fo/e/42a756

#otd #onthisdate #history #podcast #ColdWarHistory

Upcoming seminar!

Dr. Abraham Trejo Terreros presents: “Between geopolitical anxiety and socialist hope: František Kriegel and the transatlantic Cuban medical network (1960–1965).”

🗓️ Friday, Oct 2, 2026
📍 Monash History Research Seminar, Melbourne

#HistMed #HistSci #ColdWarHistory #Cuba

How did one man in Congress push billions toward a secret war? George Crile shows every step.
#books #bookreview #GeorgeCrile #ColdWarHistory
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In 1945, Soviets hid a battery free spy bug inside a wooden gift.

It used radio beams to bounce voice vibrations back to receivers outside.

Discovered later, it changed spying forever.

#ColdWarHistory #SpyTech #EngineeringMarvels

☀️ Fooled by Light: He was right, sunlight reflecting off high-altitude cloud tops had triggered false satellite alerts.
👇 Read the full story on The Bard's Desk:

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This is not fiction. Every risk in this book is real.
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Duff was also a leader in the anti-Vietnam movement and called on the West to stop giving unquestioning military aid to Israel. I profile her in my latest essay at stevekrizmanauthor.com #history #hiddenhistory #forgottenhistory #womenshistory #coldwarhistory