A review of A Failed Empire: The Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev by Vladislav Zubok. Who killed communism? Gerard DeGroot investigates. Peter Beinart on the myth of the wall's fall — brought down by Ronald Reagan's hawkish stand, right? It was Reagan's dovish side instead. A look at how the fall of the Berlin Wall was the best thing that ever happened to the Chinese Communist Party (and more and more and more and more). Karl Who?: "China is a Communist country, but I have yet to meet an actual Communist". Hollywood Comrades: Why the Soviets were such lovable movie villains. Our dangerous Cold War nostalgia: How both the left and the right abuse history. A review of Know Your Enemy: The Rise and Fall of America's Soviet Experts by David Engerman. In the former East, there is ostalgie; in the West, we too look back in longing — for the symbol of moral clarity and superiority the wall was to us. The fall of the Berlin Wall may have been good for democracy and world peace — but it wasn’t so hot for the US military’s recruiting efforts. The rise of Communist nostalgia: Do east Germans regret the fall of the Berlin Wall? (and more and more and more). Growing up in a communist dictatorship, Peter Zilahy found escape from Soviet propaganda in mythology, which also offered solutions to everyday struggles. More on The Anti-Communist Manifestos: Four Books That Shaped the Cold War by John V. Fleming. An interview with Jay Bergman, author of Meeting the Demands of Reason: The Life and Thought of Andrei Sakharov. Nuke the Moon: A look at 5 certifiably insane Cold War projects.
