The Cold War was a continuing state of political and military tension from the 1940s to the early 1990s between the Western world, led by the United States and NATO allies, and the Communist world, led by the Soviet Union, its satellites and allies. The Cold War never saw direct military action, ...
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Cuban medical internationalism
In the decades since the Cuban revolutions the country's medical doctors famously served on many semi-official missions abroad. For instance, it has been reported that Venezuela under Hugo Chavez ...
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How high was the morale of non-Soviet Warsaw Pact states' armies and governments in the '80s?
Does anyone with any relevant expertise know the general mood of the armies during the time? Is there documentation of any concerns from high ranking Soviet military officers, or of their Warsaw Pact ...
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How did Churchill and Stalin intend to translate the percentages in the “Percentages agreement”?
In "percentages agreement", Stalin and Churchill allegedly divided Southeastern Europe to sphere of influences of the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. According to Churchill's account quoted by ...
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How reliable were Warsaw Pact members should war break out in the 80's?
Are there any studies by US aligned forces on Warsaw Pact attitudes to a Soviet Union first strike? These studies could come from America's National Security Agency or State Department, the NATO ...
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How much time would have been required to launch a nuclear counterstrike?
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At 3 in the morning Brzezinski was awakened by a call from his military assistant, Bill Odom, telling him that 220 Soviet missiles had been launched in an attack against the United States. ...
