Cold War

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The Cold War and the history of philosophy

The USSR showcases its military might at the 1961 annual May Day parade in Red Square, Moscow. (Photo by Sovfoto/UIG via Getty Images)

Nuclear fall-out

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The Peasants’ Revolt and a Cold War spy

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The end of the Cold War and British culture

Berlin Wall in November 1989

The story of Germany

First World War

Cold War smuggling and First World War veterans

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Q&A Who popularised the term ‘Iron Curtain’?

Cold War spies and friendship through the ages

Sport offered the two sides the perfect stage on which to get one over on the 'enemy', says Dominic Sandbrook. Pictured here is a queue for a football match between Arsenal and Dynamo Moscow. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The Cold War in your living room

First World War

Cold War culture and the path to the First World War

British prime minister Edward Heath with Olympic gold medal winner Mary Peters. (Bettmann/Getty Images)

Communist sport: Cold War copycats