commonsensewonder.blogspot.com - 10/30/2009
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Medvedev blasts Stalin defenders By Richard Galpin BBC News, Moscow Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has made an outspoken attack on those seeking to rehabilitate former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. Millions of Soviet citizens died under Stalin's rule and Mr Medvedev said it was not possible to ...
Newsweek: Better Red Than Free!
reason.com 10/22/2009 —
On Monday I
wrote about Jacob Weisberg's shockingly dumb
Newsweek column arguing that a certain cable news
station engaged in an "un-American" approach to reporting. Now my
Reason.tv colleague Meredith Bragg calls my attention to this
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When Do People Resist Occupation?
themonkeycage.org 27 days ago — A new paper by Keith Darden argues that culture, ideology, and identity are more important than previous research has realized:
Why do some communities take up arms against an occupying power while others submit without significant resistance? ...
Beyond Containment: How the Cold War was Won
acus.org 21 days ago — Historians are often tempted to imbue the peaceful end of the Cold War with a sense of inevitability. With the benefit of hindsight, they frequently point to a seemingly predictable sequence of events in which Mikhail Gorbachev s campaign to ...
Executive Summary
mrc.org 22 days ago — Before it collapsed, these journalists insisted those enslaved by communism actually feared capitalism more. "Despite what many Americans think, most Soviets do not yearn for capitalism or Western-style democracy," CBS anchor Dan Rather asserted in ...
Meet the New Doctrine
outsidethebeltway.com 10/15/2009 — I was rather surprised at the uproar in some corners of the blogosphere following the publication in Izvestiya of an interview with Nikolai Patrushev, the secretary of the Kremlin’s security council. In the interview Mr. Patrushev mentioned ...
Obama will not Attend Berlin Wall Celebrations
generationpatriot.blogspot.com 22 days ago — This Monday November 9, 2009 represents the twenty year anniversary of the first time the Berlin Wall was opened in Germany. On that glorious day, it marked a significant step in the destruction of the Soviet Union and the end to the long and brutal cold war. America emerged as the lone super ...
Features; October 24, 2001
dawn.com 10/24/2009 — DAWN - the Internet Edition October 24, 2001 Wednesday Shaba'an 6, 1422 Click to learn more... Please Visit our Sponsor (Ads open in separate window) Features UN the bitter realities The Urdu-Hindi controversy Players need protection from ...
Solarium for Today
eisenhowerinstitute.org 9/30/2009 — Team A would make the best possible argument for the existing policy of containment, seeking to prevent Soviet expansion in Europe while minimizing the risk of general war. Team B would accept containment as a viable policy, but be less tentative ...
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