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Eisenhower, atomic testing and the early cold war
After the detection of the Soviet Union's first atomic bomb test in 1949, the race to create bigger and more destructive weapons led to testing in th…
4 years, 1 month ago
China, the Second World War and historical memory (Part Two)
China, in the British or American historical memory of the Second World War is rarely seen as an equal allied power, despite the huge sacrifices endu…
4 years, 2 months ago
August 4th 1914 - the Reichstag votes for war
In August 1914, German leaders of the SPD, including the anti war Hugo Hasse accepted the inevitability of conflict and voted against their principal…
4 years, 2 months ago
Eisenhower and the legacy of the New Deal
Eisenhower's domestic policy is often obscured to students of history by the struggles of the era (the Red Scare and McCarthyism and the civil rights…
4 years, 2 months ago
China, the Second World War and historical memory
China was the first country to be invaded by an Axis power and historian Rana Mitter has argued that its wartime experience is one of the most obscur…
4 years, 3 months ago
McNamara and Vietnam 1960-68
Robert McNamara was John F Kennedy's choice to fix the sprawling bureacracy at the Department of Defence. McNamara employed an economist's mind to p…
4 years, 4 months ago
Eisenhower and the downfall of Joseph McCarthy
Eisenhower found McCarthy distasteful but had not desire to enter into a political fight with him. He thought that this would diminish the presidency…
4 years, 4 months ago
Britain's War at Sea 1939-45 Part One - Imperial Overstretch
By 1939, the Royal Navy had lost a decade of growth, after budget cuts during the Great Depression and the closure of shipyards resulted in an older …
4 years, 4 months ago
Richard Nixon and the beginning of the Watergate Scandal 1972-3
When Richard Nixon won his second presidential term in 1972 defeating George McGovern in 1972, he was at the height of his popularity. The previous y…
4 years, 4 months ago
German Militarism and Social Cohesion in 1914
Despite a decade of social conflict prior to the First World War between German trade unions and bosses, the declaration of war by Germany against Ru…
4 years, 5 months ago