The hijacking crisis of September 1970 occurred against the backdrop of a decades-long Cold War between the planet's two strongest nations. Although the United States and Soviet Union had begun ...

In the popular imagination, Jimmy Carter is associated with an idealistic “human rights agenda” for US foreign policy. In ...

Berlin's symbol of death and division has been turned into a tangible way to experience history Joe Baur Many offbeat research efforts were doomed to fail, from atomic subways to a city under the ice.

By deftly manipulating the opportunities afforded Cuba by the Cold War, he managed to turn his island into a launching pad for the projection of his leadership throughout the world. Castro's ...