A U.S. diplomat’s warning about the Soviet Union’s grand strategy helped produce the strategy of containment that won the ...

The Russian town of Karabash is, to some, a living nightmare. One of the most polluted places on the planet thanks to its ...

Missoula's largest film festival, which runs Feb. 13-22, has a lot to offer. Here's a few suggestions to help you make your picks.

With great empathy for the Soviet people, the German-American historian Jochen Hellbeck deliberately opposes the efforts to ...

After the Cold War ended, our terror of nuclear war faded from the screen. Now it’s resurgent — and more fatalistic than ever. By Trevor Quirk In 1964, the ...

The country is falling to pieces, but never mind that! First Lady Melania Tr*mp’s $40 million vanity project doc hasn’t even hit theaters yet and it’s already a massive embarrassment for everyone ...

James Cheshire receives funding from the Economic and Social Research Council. The late 1940s and early 1950s were a golden age for polar mapmaking in the US. Major magazines such as Time, Life and ...

Six hours into a routine patrol mission over the Arctic, smoke began filling the cockpit of a B-52 Stratofortress carrying four hydrogen bombs. Captain John Haug and his crew fought to reach Thule Air ...

Inuit and their dog team stand in front of a U.S. military radar installation at Thule, Greenland, that scanned the skies for Soviet bombers and missiles during the Cold War. More than 100 native ...

As President Trump threatens Iran, Venezuela, Mexico, Greenland and more, renowned historian Alfred McCoy says the United States is “an empire in decline,” following a predictable pattern of ...

Many Cold War weapons remain in U.S. service because modernization proved faster and cheaper than replacement. Platforms like the B-52 and M2 Browning endure because no newer system matches their ...

In 2025, American and world leaders were preoccupied with wars in the Middle East. Most dramatically, first Israel and the United States bombed Iran’s nuclear facilities. Some commentators feared that ...