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Tag Archives: cold war
Backlist Bop: Soviet conspiracy unveiled!
in american history, biography, radical studies
Tagged Backlist Bop, cold war, communism, espionage, Thomas Sakmyster
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Comrades, The Press has asked me, The Bolshevik, to pause from my advice column to fill in with the popular Backlist Bop feature. And good timing it is, for today the roulette wheel of UIP books stops on Radical Studies. … Continue reading
Backlist Bop: Rockmore, not less
in american history, music, women's history
Tagged Albert Glinsky, Clara Rockmore, cold war, electronic music, Leon Theremin, theremin
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You can’t have Women’s History Month without musician-genius Clara Rockmore (left in the photo). The appropriately named Rockmore was a master of the theremin, that haunting/creepy sound-maker that entered our consciousness through 1950s science fiction films, “Good Vibrations,” twentieth-century electronica, and by inspiring the Moog synthesizer. The … Continue reading
Release Party: Cold War Games
in american history, sports history
Tagged cold war, Olympics, Release Party, Toby C. Rider
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Olympic advertising is in full swing. It is a good time to recall that, not long ago, an Olympic year meant far more than corporate tie-ins and moody video of winsome young athletes. The Olympic Games meant war, albeit by other means, … Continue reading
When the clock strikes rock
in music
Tagged Bill Haley, cold war, James Wierzbicki, Music in American Life, Music in the Age of Anxiety
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One of the most important singles in American music history, “Rock Around the Clock” by Bill Haley and His Comets was the B-side of his first Decca single, a post-apocalyptic novelty tune called “Thirteen Women (And Only One Man in Town).” Like … Continue reading
Godwin’s forefathers
in american history, communication, military history
Tagged cold war, Cold War on the Airwaves, European history, Nicholas J. Schlosser
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The uber-digital generation may think that Internet traditions began with them, or at least no further back than their parents. For example, anyone spending time on political blogs or in the comments sections of people writing on politics eventually comes … Continue reading
Q&A with Loyalty and Liberty author Alex Goodall
in american history, author commentary, authors, interviews, new books
Tagged Alex Goodall, cold war, communism, Franklin Roosevelt, Joseph McCarthy, McCarthy Hearings, red scare
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Alex Goodall is a lecturer in modern history at the University of York, where he specializes in the history of revolutionary and counterrevolutionary politics in the Americas. He answered some questions about his new book Loyalty and Liberty: American Countersubversion from World … Continue reading
Q&A with Demilitarization in the Contemporary World editor Peter Stearns
in author commentary, authors, military history, new books
Tagged cold war, Costa Rica, Demilitarization in the Contemporary World, nuclear weapons, Peter Stearns, World War Two
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Peter N. Stearns is Provost of George Mason University, author of Globalization in World History and editor of the new UIP book Demilitarization in the Contemporary World. He answered our questions about the book. Q: The book covers the demilitarization efforts in Japan and … Continue reading