Soviet Union

Were the Tsarnaevs nuts or revolutionaries?

We may find the Tsarnaevs' ideology deluded, but we should take it seriously if we want to avoid others like them

Michael Lind Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 3:00 PM UTC 81
Politics Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

Soviet spacecraft possibly spotted on Mars

NASA images reveal what may be parts of a Soviet ship that landed on the red planet in 1971

Associated Press, Associated Press Thursday, Apr 11, 2013 9:53 PM UTC
4 From the Wires, Soviet Union

Bomb from World War II defused near Berlin’s main station

Nearby houses were evacuated and flights to the city's main airport were briefly disrupted

Associated Press Wednesday, Apr 3, 2013 4:32 PM UTC
Technology From the Wires, World War II

Pick of the week: A Cold War sub drama, from the other side

A mysterious missing-submarine episode from the height of the Cold War comes alive in "Phantom"

Andrew O'Hehir Friday, Mar 1, 2013 1:00 AM UTC 13
Entertainment Our Picks, Our Picks: Movies

America’s forgotten war

Historian Jon Wiener asks: If the Cold War was a great struggle the West won, then where are all the monuments?

Andrew Gumbel, LA Review of Books Friday, Nov 23, 2012 3:00 PM UTC 18
Life Books, Germany, Soviet Union

The Cuban Missile Crisis: An all-too-real October surprise

A pair of PBS specials reminds us that 50 years ago this week, we were on the brink of total nuclear annihilation

Roger Catlin Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 7:43 PM UTC
Entertainment October surprise, Bob Schieffer

The week the earth stood still

Fifty years after the Cuban Missile Crisis, its lessons about the perils of global domination still resonate

Noam Chomsky, TomDispatch.com Monday, Oct 15, 2012 9:58 PM UTC
Politics TomDispatch.com, Noam Chomsky

Stuck in American Samoa: Please let me come home

Nine months ago, I took a vacation. Thanks to a broken immigration system and one misstep, I can't reenter the U.S.

Mikhail Sebastian Wednesday, Oct 10, 2012 12:00 AM UTC 66
Life Immigration, Soviet Union

National Review’s Ryan-Romney cover resembles Soviet propaganda

"The Case For Romney" gets a little bit Communist

Jillian Rayfield Friday, Sep 7, 2012 8:43 PM UTC 39
News Mitt Romney, 2012 Elections

What to watch instead of “Winnie the Pooh”

While the yellow bear makes a comeback on the big screen, his Soviet doppelganger Vinni Pukh deserves some love too

Drew Grant Thursday, Jul 14, 2011 8:39 AM UTC
Entertainment Animation, Russia, Soviet Union

Gorbachev accuses Putin of contempt for voters

Former Soviet leader also says Russian government only has imitations of parliamentary and judicial systems

Associated Press Monday, Feb 21, 2011 12:38 PM UTC
News Russia, Soviet Union

“How I Ended This Summer”: A thriller from the Russian Arctic

Pick of the week: "The Shining" meets "Shutter Island" in the subtle, spectacular "How I Ended This Summer"

Andrew O'Hehir Friday, Feb 4, 2011 1:30 AM UTC
Entertainment Our Picks, Movies, Soviet Union

How “Battleship Potemkin” reshaped Hollywood

An electrifying new restoration reveals Eisenstein's Soviet-era classic as pioneering action cinema

Andrew O'Hehir Wednesday, Jan 12, 2011 1:32 AM UTC 26
Entertainment Communism, Our Picks, Movies

“Disco and Atomic War”: How David Hasselhoff won the Cold War

A hilarious Estonian documentary (yes, really!) asks whether disco and "Dallas" defeated Communism

Andrew O'Hehir Friday, Nov 12, 2010 7:30 PM UTC 20
Entertainment Documentaries, Our Picks, Movies

“Carlos”: International terror, Sopranos-style

Edgar Ram

Andrew O'Hehir Friday, Oct 15, 2010 12:01 AM UTC 14
Entertainment Carlos, Our Picks, Movies

The unmaking of a company man

After hewing to military orthodoxy for years, my real education began in the shadow of the Brandenberg Gate

Andrew Bacevich Thursday, Aug 26, 2010 4:45 PM UTC 24
All Salon Foreign policy

Shocking news: The world is stable!

China dominance? U.S. decline and fall? Believe it when you see it

Michael Lind Tuesday, Dec 8, 2009 1:05 AM UTC 82
All Salon China, Barack Obama

Why the Berlin Wall fell

Stephen Kotkin's fascinating "Uncivil Society" presents a revisionist account of Communism's failure

Laura Miller Wednesday, Oct 14, 2009 7:06 AM UTC 50
Entertainment Recommended books, Soviet Union

Critic’s Picks: The tragic twilight of Leon Trotsky

A gripping new account captures the October Revolution's great intellectual facing doom (and feeding bunnies)

Andrew O'Hehir Thursday, Oct 1, 2009 10:31 AM UTC 42
Entertainment Soviet Union, Communism

Rape in Berlin: Facing the truth

Thousands of German women were sexually assaulted near the end of WW II. Brutal payback, a war crime or both?

Andrew O'Hehir Friday, Jul 17, 2009 4:18 PM UTC 143
Entertainment Soviet Union

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