On April 17, 1961, the CIA-backed Bay of Pigs invasion aiming to overthrow Fidel Castro’s Cuba government began. Poor ...

The April 30, 1975 victory stands as one of the most extraordinary moments in the history of the Vietnamese people, said Professor Ezequiel Ramoneda, President of the Latin American Association for ...

From jungle ambushes to political upheaval, the Vietnam War exposed the limits of American military power in the Cold War era. The film explores the complex layers behind the U.S. defeat—from ...

It is an opportune time to publish a history of the Cold War, dealing with global Russian influence and that country’s ...

The 2024 election victory of President Donald Trump by a majority of the Electoral College votes and a narrow plurality of ...

For the North Vietnamese, the S-75 was more than a weapon—it was a symbol of their ability to adapt and resist despite overwhelming odds. Of course, for America, it was also a sign of how far Moscow ...

The roots of the Cold War can be traced back to the aftermath of World War II. The Yalta Conference of 1945, where the Allies sought to shape the post-war world, laid the groundwork for the ...

From Luminant Media and director Brian Knappenberger, Turning Point: The Vietnam War offers an unfiltered look at one of the most defining and divisive conflicts in modern history and the profound, ...

Resistance was so widespread that it helped spark a counterculture movement and led to a wave of anti-war protests around the country.

All drafts contained various exemptions, and the Vietnam-era draft was no different ... requirement in July 1980, amid rising Cold War tensions. It remains in place to this day, so while there ...

BOSTON — Bonita Oteri served her country for 17 years in the Army, retiring with the rank of major. In a military career that ...

Many files related to the senator’s assassination had been previously released, but others had not been digitized and sat for ...