Learn about the major world events and happenings, birthdays, and deaths that took place on July 12. Check what happened ...

During the Cold War, the CIA may have had as much success with books and magazines as with gun-running and spies.

The CIA's International Literacy Center played a vital role in providing access to “the expression of independent ideas so desperately sought by millions.” ...

Decades after defying the Soviet Union, Touro Faculty Rabbi Josef Mendelevich brings his story to a new audience with his ...

In “Zbig,” Edward Luce tells the story of Zbigniew Brzezinski, a leading American strategist who had a notably eventful run ...

In the aftermath of the U.S. government’s military strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities, it is easy to assume that Iran ...

The Soviet Union’s Tupolev Tu-4 strategic bomber, which entered service in 1949, represented one of the most glaring episodes ...

Europe faces existential threats. The only way to secure the continent’s future is for its individual countries to band ...

No matter the sport or competition, Team USA has some memorable leaders who have guided the country to seismic wins and ...

With President Donald Trump ’s decision to intervene in the Iran- Israel war, Iran, a country 6,500 miles away from ...

The Italian writer, once Mussolini’s pet propagandist and later a literary cult hero, was an unmatched chronicler of Europe’s ...