On AlterNet: cold war

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How Reagan Brought the World to the Brink of Nuclear Destruction

Tad Daley, AlterNet. February 7, 2011.

Reagan nearly started a nuclear war. It was everyday citizens, protesting the insanity of nuclear brinkmanship, who stopped him.

The CIA's Shocking Experiments on Children Exposed -- Drugging, Electroshocks and Brainwashing

H.P. Albarelli Jr., Jeffrey S. Kaye, TruthOut.org. August 12, 2010.

A look back at America's most shameful period of human experimentation.

Reagan Didn't End the Cold War -- Leftist Intellectuals Did

Stephen Zunes, AlterNet. November 20, 2009.

Reagan was inspirational, but to claim he defeated Communism is a disservice to the millions of Eastern Europeans who struggled against great odds for their freedom.

Homesick For Dictatorship: East Germans Liked It Better Under Communism

Julia Bonstein, Der Spiegel. July 10, 2009.

A majority of East Germans defend the GDR, according to a new poll.

Was Ronald Reagan an Even Worse President Than George W. Bush?

Robert Parry, Consortium News. June 5, 2009.

The starting point for many of the catastrophes confronting the United States today can be traced to Reagan's presidency.

America Is a Dangerous Vigilante, Heroes Are Sociopaths: The Not-So-Mythical World of 'Watchmen'

Michael Dudley, AlterNet. March 12, 2009.

"Watchmen" depicts what happens when an individual or a nation assumes unwarranted and unlimited powers.

Cold War Hawks Hovering Around Obama

Robert Scheer, Truthdig. November 12, 2008.

Why are Obama's closest advisers inveterate hawks who needlessly provoked tension with the Russians during the Cold War?

A Second Cold War with Russia? Not Likely

Noam Chomsky, CounterPunch. September 15, 2008.

It's in America's best interests to regard Russia a resurgent power and not apply a strategy of confrontation against it.

John McCain: Running for War President at Any Cost

Robert Scheer, Truthdig. August 27, 2008.

In order to win, McCain needs a new Cold War. Lucky for him that Republicans are so good at whipping up false international threats.

Bush's Fierce Global War of Denial

Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com. August 2, 2008.

The motto of the Bush administration might have been: Pay any price. Or, rather, make everyone else pay the price for us to remain in denial.

Mukasey Asks Congress to Legitimize the "War on Terror"

Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: War on Iraq. July 23, 2008.

"This is nothing but a transparent attempt to get bipartisan buy in, before the election, to the Global War on Terror."

The RAND Corporation: America's University of Imperialism

Chalmers Johnson, TomDispatch.com. April 30, 2008.

For decades these self-professed saviors of the Western world helped precipitate U.S. foreign policy disasters like the Vietnam War.

Is Washington Undermining Democracy in Bolivia?

Mark Weisbrot, AlterNet. February 16, 2008.

Bolivian officials say Washington is trying to destabilize and even topple their democratic government.

Russia vs. America: Is Another Arms Race Afoot?

Jane M. O. Sharp, MIT Center for International Studies. November 16, 2007.

A lame duck Bush and a belligerent Putin could roll back the diplomatic victories won after the Cold War.