The Cold War may have ended in 1991, but its effects are still felt today. The constant anxiety left an impact on people, and it made itself known in countless films. Today, some of the most famous ...

If you grew up anytime from the 1950s to the 1980s, The Cold War was omnipresent. Bomb drills, proxy wars, and fear of a nuclear apocalypse were on everyone's minds, pretty much all the time. It was a ...

During December 2025, the Editorial Board of the New York Times published several articles “on why the US military needs to reinvent itself.” It described the state of US military as “Overmatched,” ...

From a museum exhibit of Jacqueline Kennedy's 40-year-old dresses to film clips of Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev wrangling in the late '50s at a Moscow exhibit of American kitchen appliances, ...

How Cold War vigilance and secrecy shaped Southern California culture. The Cold War had a profound impact on Southern California's infrastructure, revealing a landscape rife with secrets underneath.

Cold War firearms shaped modern infantry tactics by pushing combat decision-making down to the squad level. The AK-47 and M16 standardized assault rifle doctrine worldwide by prioritizing reliability ...

The U.S. maintains Cold War weapons in storage for surge capacity, spare parts, allied transfers, and emergency mobilization. F-117 stealth aircraft remain in flyable storage and are occasionally used ...

While 1991 is often given as the end of the Cold War, the truth is that the Cold War never ended; it just paused before resuming again. With the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the reunification of ...