With Cold War tensions running high and the nuclear arms race dominating global politics, US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev came together for the first time at the Geneva ...
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The Secret Laser Launched into Space

As the Cold War raged between the United States and the Soviet Union, the possibility of taking the war to outer space seemed ...
We start with the death of General Francisco Franco in 1975 ending 36 years of dictatorship over Spain. Then, we use archive to hear how King Juan Carlos reclaimed the Spanish throne in 1975 and led ...
When former Vice President Dick Cheney’s funeral is held at the Washington National Cathedral, he will join a bipartisan but ...
BLYTHEVILLE, Ark. (KAIT) - The Cold War stands as one of the most significant events in United States and world history. Pavel Palazhchenko was in Blytheville to share his unique perspective on that ...
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Why a Reagan Ad Provoked Trump

Canada’s anti-tariff ad was an incursion in the trade war, but there’s another reason it may have bothered Trump.
When Eisaku Satō, a former prime minister of Japan, received the Nobel peace prize in 1974 after committing his country to not making nuclear bombs, owning them or allowing them on its territory, he ...
The Pentagon’s Joint Chiefs of Staff were so alarmed by Trump’s nuclear ignorance that they held a seminar to brief the president on the nuclear inventory in 2017.  Following the meeting, responding ...
Both leaders sensed that Mikhail Gorbachev was a different kind of Soviet leader who, in Thatcher’s words, they could “do business with.” Their policies led to a peaceful resolution of Cold War I.
For all the endeavors the NFL pursues to establish itself as a cultural force around the world, the greatest impact will ...
The US president’s intention to resume tests, along with the Russian leader’s boasts about his atomic arsenal, heighten ...