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 Muslim Brotherhood itself isn’t designated as a terrorist group by the United States, but Congress is trying to change that.

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 ...

ON June 22 1941 Nazi Germany began its invasion of the Soviet Union. This history of its first weeks is based on a decade’s research, into official documents, personal diaries and letters, court ...

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

It’s hard not to see a straight line between Stalin’s version of photoshopping and the purge of the Pentagon archives in 2025 ...

While short-lived, the Barracuda class served as a critical stepping stone in the evolution of ASW capabilities, demonstrating the importance of advanced sonar systems and stealth in underwater ...

When I began exploring the history of Christianity and the art it inspired, I had no idea it would lead me to one of the ...

The desire to control others has always been with us – and it is getting worse: The ominous final line of an important new ...

Anand had written in his autobiography about the treatment he got from players from the Soviet Union in his early days: ...