Cold War

Tensions between the three victorious western powers and the Soviet Union had always existed. But the Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet Union broke out “officially,” when Stalin decided in 1948 to blockade the three western sectors of Berlin; it ended in 1989, when the German people decided to tear down the Berlin wall. Papers listed in this section deal with this post-war era, which was, in a way, foreseen by Goebbels in February 1945, when he stated that a Soviet iron curtain would descend across Europe.

Was Robert Oppenheimer a Soviet Agent?

By John Wear ∙ May 25, 2021

Julius Robert Oppenheimer was the scientific head of the U.S. atomic-bomb project during World War II. Oppenheimer was a brilliant physicist whose contributions were essential for the successful development of the atomic bomb. Despite his outstanding performance in the Manhattan Project, Robert Oppenheimer’s reputation has been tainted by allegations that he knowingly passed secrets of the atomic bomb to Soviet agents. This article discusses the possible truth of these allegations.

Stalin’s German-Nationalist Party

By Kerry R. Bolton ∙ February 23, 2014

At a meeting between Joseph Stalin and leaders of the Socialist Unity Party (Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands: SED) in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, held on January 31, 1947, Stalin asked what percentage of Germans (in all the occupation zones) were “fascist elements,” and “what influence did they retain in the Western zones”? Otto Grotewohl…

Gorbachev’s New Look at Soviet History: Insightful and Naive

By Basil Dmytryshyn ∙ June 1, 2000

Mikhail Gorbachev Gorbachev: On My Country and the World, by Mikhail S. Gorbachev. Translated from Russian by George Shriver. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999. Hardcover. 300 pages. $29.95. Basil Dmytryshyn, Professor Emeritus of History, was born in Poland. He holds a Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley (1955). For years he taught history at…

Working with Stalin

By Joseph Sobran ∙ August 1, 1995

Pal Joey Joseph Sobran is a nationally-syndicated columnist, lecturer, author (most recently of Alias Shakespeare), and editor of the monthly newsletter Sobran's (PO Box 1383, Vienna, VA 22183). “Pal Joey” is reprinted from the August 1995 issue of Sobran's, and “The Hiss Case” from the January 1997 issue. Thanks to cable TV, I recently caught…

Phony “Anti-Semitic” Incidents

By Mark Weber ∙ November 1, 1995

Ever-vigilant American television, newspapers and magazines take care to play up outbursts of “hate,” especially incidents against Jews. No where is the danger of anti-Semitism more alarming than in Germany, we are constantly told. As part of the ceaseless Holocaust campaign, the media treats anti-Jewish incidents in Germany as especially ominous. Because of Hitler and…

Estonia: Emerging From Communism

By Yuri N. Maltsev ∙ January 1, 1995

Yuri N. Maltsev, a native of Russia, escaped from the Soviet Union a few years before its downfall. He is associate professor of economics at Carthage College (Kenosha, Wise.), and a senior fellow of the Ludwig von Mises Institute (Auburn, Ala. 36849-5301). This essay is reprinted from the Nov. 1994 issue of The Free Market,…

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