Reagan and Trudeau’s opposing reactions to KAL 007 tragedy
Revisiting the tragic case of KAL 007 amidst Cold War politics
Revisiting the tragic case of KAL 007 amidst Cold War politics
HUMAN RIGHTS: Rogue state is using intimidation tactics against Canadians, including personal threats and attacks on character
The other came six months later when, in the immediate aftermath of Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbour, he declared war on the United States
While the president’s domestic popularity was high, he met a Soviet leader who showed him no respect as a result of the Bay of Pigs disaster
In his first serious foreign policy test in 1961, the new American president flunked badly. He was in way over his head
As Ronald Reagan’s secretary of state, he played a key role in bringing about the end of the Cold War
New interest in Chernobyl as the result of an HBO miniseries prompts U of A historian to reflect on 1986 nuclear disaster
Gerda Munsinger, allegedly a low-level Soviet spy, was sexually involved with at least one, and possibly two, cabinet ministers
The onetime British PM’s apparent affable, avuncular nature masked a lethal ruthlessness
The demise of the German Hohenzollerns led to Hitler, while the collapse of the Austrian Habsburgs gave rise to malignant nationalism
Real communism has failed repeatedly to provide better living conditions. Why do countries like Venezuela persist?
The American president’s loathing for nuclear weapons and his desire to see new freedoms in the Soviet Union framed his trip
The eagerness of western intellectuals to justify the Moscow show trials of the late ’30s was what was truly frightening about them