Course objectives: (i) To equip students with comprehensive knowledge of the international politics of the Cold War; (ii) To offer a firm basis for more advanced historical work in this area; (iii) To ...

BBC Two's new Cold War Season explores ... to the brink of nuclear war. By Professor Ernest R May. Audio: JFK and the Celebrity Presidency - One of the keys to John F Kennedy's hold on the ...

Latin America is serving as a proxy battleground for a new Cold War as China, Iran and Russia seek to build influence, exploit resources and undermine the United States in the region. The tour ...

The Cold War is the title given to the period of tension between the two superpowers, the USA and the USSR, which dominated international relations for most of the second half of the 20th century.

The hijacking crisis of September 1970 occurred against the backdrop of a decades-long Cold War between the ... Two superpowers had emerged from World War II, the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., and ...