Tag #Cold War

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Twilight Struggle: 20 Years of Cold War Gameplay

The board game Twilight Struggle, celebrating its 20th anniversary, held an international convention in Vitoria, Spain with 128 games played, highlighting its enduring popularity and success stemming from its realistic depiction of the Cold War and use in educational settings.

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Death of Violeta Barrios de Chamorro Underscores Nicaragua's Authoritarian Turn

Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, Nicaragua's first democratically elected female president, died at 95 in Costa Rica; her presidency (1990-1997) brought peace after a brutal civil war, but her death comes amid a resurgence of authoritarianism under Daniel Ortega.

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Five Friends": A Rebellion Against Conformity

The Munich Museum Brandhorst's "Five Friends" exhibition explores the artistic and personal relationships between Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, John Cage, Merce Cunningham, and Cy Twombly, showcasing approximately 180 works that challenged artistic conventions during the McCarthy era.

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Gaddafi's Dictatorship: A Legacy of Brutality and Paranoia

Muammar Gaddafi, born to a poor Libyan camel herder, orchestrated a 1969 coup, establishing a brutal dictatorship characterized by crackdowns on dissent, fueled by paranoia and a cult of personality, and marked by malignant narcissism, according to US intelligence.

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Frederick Forsyth, Author of "The Day of the Jackal," Dies at 86

British author Frederick Forsyth, known for "The Day of the Jackal" and his journalism, died at 86; his books sold tens of millions of copies globally; he also worked for Reuters and the BBC, and claimed to have been an MI6 informant.

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Frederick Forsyth, Author of "The Day of the Jackal," Dies at 86

British author Frederick Forsyth, known for "The Day of the Jackal" and his work for Reuters and the BBC, died at 86; his books sold tens of millions globally, reflecting a career blending journalism, espionage, and political commentary.

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MI5's 20-Year Hunt for a Russian Mole in MI6 Ends Inconclusively

MI5 conducted a two-decade-long investigation, codenamed Operation Wedlock, into a suspected MI6 double agent working for Russia, deploying extensive surveillance resources internationally, but ultimately failing to conclusively determine the agent's guilt or innocence.

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CIA Rejects KGB Defector: MI6 Secures Top-Secret Archive

KGB archivist Vasili Mitrokhin, rejected multiple times by the CIA, was successfully exfiltrated by MI6 in 1992, providing a trove of top-secret documents that exposed hundreds of KGB agents in the West and led to hundreds of counterintelligence investigations; this was only revealed in Gordon Corer...

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German Protest Demands Removal of Lenin Statue

In Schwerin, Germany, about three dozen representatives from victim organizations protested a Lenin statue on June 24, 2023, highlighting the Soviet-era "Red Terror" that killed 35,000 German civilians. They demanded the statue's removal and called for a memorial to Arno Esch, a law student executed...

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Soviet Coup in Post-War Germany: KPD's Surprise Power Grab

In June 1945, the Soviet Union's surprise authorization of political parties in its occupied zone of Germany contradicted the Western Allies' ban on German political activity, benefiting the KPD and setting the stage for a post-war power struggle.

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Forsyth's "Day of the Jackal": From Rejected Manuscript to Literary Success

Frederick Forsyth, a former journalist and RAF pilot, unexpectedly became a renowned thriller writer with his debut novel, "The Day of the Jackal", which was initially rejected but later won awards and achieved significant commercial and cultural impact.

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US Deportation of Chinese Rocket Scientist Chen Xuesen: A Cold War Geopolitical Blunder

Chen Xuesen, a Chinese scientist who significantly contributed to China's space program after being deported from the US in 1955 due to McCarthy-era anti-communist suspicions, is now celebrated in China, highlighting a major geopolitical blunder by the US.

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