Archive for the ‘Cold War’ Category

March 5, 1946: Winston Churchill names the Iron Curtain, talks of the need to defend freedom against communism

Posted by: Ed Darrell on March 5, 2013

50 years ago today, President Kennedy: “We choose to go to the Moon . . .”

Posted by: Ed Darrell on September 12, 2012

How do we know they really went to the Moon?

Posted by: Ed Darrell on May 17, 2012

President Kennedy’s speech at Rice University, September 1962: “We choose to go to the Moon.”

Posted by: Ed Darrell on May 1, 2012

Eisenhower administration timeline

Posted by: Ed Darrell on March 21, 2012

Introduction to the Cold War, as told by CNN

Posted by: Ed Darrell on February 27, 2012

” . . .an iron curtain has descended across the continent . . .”

Posted by: Ed Darrell on April 5, 2011

How do we know they really went to the Moon?

Posted by: Ed Darrell on April 5, 2010

Sputnik’s 52nd anniversary

Posted by: Ed Darrell on October 5, 2009