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Cold War
1947–1991 tension between the Soviet Union and the United States and their respective allies
Manolache, Dan - Editor of Romanian Broadcasting Company - Producer Rădulescu Zoner, Şerban - Participant
Constantiniu, Florin - Participant Manolache, Dan - Editor of Romanian Broadcasting Company - Producer
This article analyzes West German energy policy and negotiations with the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Archival sources from the West German government show that long-term energy diplomacy became a carefully built link which guaranteed cooperation ev…
Using the incident of the scuttling of the USS Le Baron Russell Briggs, loaded with roughly 22,000 tons of outdated chemical weapons in 1970, this contribution extrapolates how, why, and when in the United States chemical weapons that had been produced as…
Examination of the geopolitics of oil in the 1970s provides important insights into the nature and dynamics of the Cold War. Possession of ample domestic oil supplies and the ability to ensure access to foreign oil reserves were significant elements in th…
"Since the municipal elections of 1946 (and before in the period 1935-1939), the Communist party had held an absolute majority of seats in the city council of Finsterwolde, a small municipality in the north of the Netherlands. In 1951, the Dutch parl…
'Most environmental historians argue that an awareness of the dangers of nuclear energy emerged only during the 1970s. Conversely, they have noted a 'blindness towards the apocalypse' (Günter Anders) during the 1950s and early 1960s. This arti…
This paper deals with the problem of the emigration of the Romanian Jews in Israel as revealed by a few historical writings and in published documents. The Romanian Jews' emigration in Israel was a continuous process in spite of the communist regime e…
This article reviews the political history of Czechoslovakia as a vital part of the Soviet-dominated “Communist bloc” and its repercussions for the journalist associations based in the country. Following an eventful history since 1918, Czechoslovakia chan…
'After the Second World War, so-called 'children of occupation' were born all over Austria and Germany: as a result of voluntary sexual encounters between local women and foreign occupation troops, but also as a consequence of rape. They were …
This essay traces the rise of the Soviet Union as Europe’s key energy supplier during the 1970s and early 1980s. While détente and the global energy crises proved to be accelerating factors in fostering East-West economic cooperation, it was ultimately th…
Part of the system for Soviet first operating medium range missile SS-4 Sandal (NATO designation) or R-12 (Soviet designation). In itself, it was the first mass-produced nuclear missile in the world. Also the first missile with thermonuclear (fusion) func…
Helmet for gendarm with the symbol of the independent Katanga 1960-1963 on the right side of the helmet.; The subject highlights the participation of the Swedish foreign forces in the UN-led operation during the Congo crisis from 1960 to 1964. Sweden cont…
People protection mask with associated case. Filter made by FIAB.
Folk Protection Mask Type 33, size 5 (minimum) and accompanying case. Filter made by FIAB.
Purchased on a local market in connection with service as a UN soldier in Congo. The snake skin is to be regarded primarily as an expression of the fascination of the Swedish UN soldiers in the face of exotic animals and the frequent phenomenon of seeking…
The banquet is a Belgian United Nations (Fabrique Nationale) m/1924 export. It was applicable to Fabrique Nationale m/1924 rifle and Gewehr 98. The bayonet is probably derived from a Katangese weapon and is marked Kaminaville, which in this case aims at t…