According to many in US intelligence, Poland’s Colonel Ryszard Kukliński was one of the best-placed spies in the Eastern Bloc. Between 1972 and 1981 ... Colonel Kukliński and espionage during the Cold ...

After World War Two a Cold War developed between the capitalist Western countries and the Communist countries of the Eastern Bloc. Soviet leader Joseph Stalin wanted a buffer zone of friendly ...

Cold War stereotypes presented Cuba under Fidel Castro as a Soviet satellite in the Caribbean. But a closer look at Havana’s ...

Considered one of the most capable Eastern Bloc fighters of the late Cold War period, the ‘Fulcrum’ is a highly respected jet ...

Snyder demonstrates how this network influenced both Western and Eastern governments to pursue policies ... concerning human rights in the former Soviet bloc and its role in ending the Cold War. This ...

The OSCE was formed in the 1970s as the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe, which provided a platform for dialogue between the Eastern Bloc and Western Bloc during the Cold War.

The end of the Cold War The Communist government in Russia disintegrated due to economic pressures, the war in Afghanistan and revolt in Eastern Europe. Both Gorbachev and Reagan played major ...