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In April 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin achieved the first human spaceflight in history. His words, "The Earth was blue," shocked the world and became a symbol of the overwhelming scientific and ...

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Mercilessly bleak war movies like Full Metal Jacket, Come and See, and Paths of Glory rank among the most hopeless in the ...

The militarization of the Cold War that took place under Truman and Acheson was a conscious choice. But it was not a choice with which everyone agreed; and so began a decades-long battle within the ...

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The other day, I watched a conversation on the YouTube channel "ReHacQ" between Hiroyuki Takahashi and critic/modern history ...

These nine animated war movies explore atomic bombings, military trauma, civilian suffering and the consequences of conflict.

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The trio is on a 20th anniversary tour for their album Taking the Long Way, which responded to a political backlash that led the industry to blacklist the Chicks.