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James Veghte: The Cold War Aerospace Technology History Project, Gino J. Pasi, James J. Veghte Dec 2007

James Veghte: The Cold War Aerospace Technology History Project, Gino J. Pasi, James J. Veghte

Cold War Aerospace Technology Oral Histories (MS-431)

Gino Pasi interviewed James Veghte on December 12, 2007 for the Cold War Aerospace Technologies History Project. In the interview Dr. Veghte discusses his role in the development of military technology during the Cold War.


Richard E. Thomas: The Cold War Aerospace Technology History Project, Gino Pasi, Richard E. Thomas Dec 2007

Richard E. Thomas: The Cold War Aerospace Technology History Project, Gino Pasi, Richard E. Thomas

Cold War Aerospace Technology Oral Histories (MS-431)

Gino Pasi interviewed Dr. Richard Thomas on December 5, 2007 for the Cold War Aerospace Technologies History Project. In the interview Dr. Thomas discusses his education, career, intelligence organizations and the development of technology during the Cold War.


Offensive Realism And Central & Eastern Europe After The Cold War, Dylan Kissane Dec 2007

Offensive Realism And Central & Eastern Europe After The Cold War, Dylan Kissane

Dylan Kissane

At the end of the Cold War, John Mearsheimer published the article, “Back to the Future: Instability in Europe after the Cold War”. The widely-cited piece included four predictions for the post-Cold War European geopolitical landscape founded on the theory of offensive realism, the realpolitik approach that Mearsheimer had established and developed over more than a decade of scholarship. However, the emergence of a post-Cold War and pan-continental peace suggests that something was wrong with Mearsheimer’s predictions and, by implication, the theory that informed them. This article argues that Mearsheimer’s mistake was to rely on a theory that assumed the …


Victor Bilek: The Cold War Aerospace Technology History Project, Rachel Dehart, Victor Bilek Nov 2007

Victor Bilek: The Cold War Aerospace Technology History Project, Rachel Dehart, Victor Bilek

Cold War Aerospace Technology Oral Histories (MS-431)

Rachel DeHart interviewed Victor Bilek on November 14, 2007 for the Cold War Aerospace Technologies History Project. In the interview Mr. Bilek discusses his education in engineering, career, involvement in the intelligence community, and development of military technology during the Cold War.


Gavin D. Jenney: The Cold War Aerospace Technology History Project, Gino J. Pasi, Gavin D. Jenney Sep 2007

Gavin D. Jenney: The Cold War Aerospace Technology History Project, Gino J. Pasi, Gavin D. Jenney

Cold War Aerospace Technology Oral Histories (MS-431)

Gino Pasi interviewed Gavin Jenney on September 26, 2007 for the Cold War Aerospace Technologies History Project. In the interview Dr. Jenney discusses his role in the development of military technology during the Cold War.


Frederick T. Rall Jr.: The Cold War Aerospace Technology History Project (Interview 3), Gino J. Pasi, Frederick T. Rall Aug 2007

Frederick T. Rall Jr.: The Cold War Aerospace Technology History Project (Interview 3), Gino J. Pasi, Frederick T. Rall

Cold War Aerospace Technology Oral Histories (MS-431)

Gino Pasi interviewed Frederick T. Rall Jr. on August 31, 2007 for the Cold War Aerospace Technologies History Project. In the interview Mr. Rall discusses his role in the development of military technology during the Cold War. This is the third of three interviews with Mr. Rall.


Frederick T. Rall Jr.: The Cold War Aerospace Technology History Project (Interview 1), Gino J. Pasi, Frederick T. Rall Aug 2007

Frederick T. Rall Jr.: The Cold War Aerospace Technology History Project (Interview 1), Gino J. Pasi, Frederick T. Rall

Cold War Aerospace Technology Oral Histories (MS-431)

Gino Pasi interviewed Frederick T. Rall Jr. on August 31, 2007 for the Cold War Aerospace Technologies History Project. In the interview Mr. Rall discusses his role in the development of military technology during the Cold War. This is the first of three interviews with Mr. Rall.


Frederick T. Rall Jr.: The Cold War Aerospace Technology History Project (Interview 2), Gino J. Pasi, Frederick T. Rall Aug 2007

Frederick T. Rall Jr.: The Cold War Aerospace Technology History Project (Interview 2), Gino J. Pasi, Frederick T. Rall

Cold War Aerospace Technology Oral Histories (MS-431)

Gino Pasi interviewed Frederick T. Rall Jr. on August 31, 2007 for the Cold War Aerospace Technologies History Project. In the interview Mr. Rall discusses his role in the development of military technology during the Cold War. This is the second of three interviews with Mr. Rall.


Real Potemkin Villages : Pokazukha And Propaganda In The Soviet-Cuban Connection, Michael Thomas Westrate Aug 2007

Real Potemkin Villages : Pokazukha And Propaganda In The Soviet-Cuban Connection, Michael Thomas Westrate

Culminating Projects in History

In the middle of the twentieth century, a series of events brought the world’s largest country into an intimate connection with one of the world’s smaller nations. A globe apart, the Soviet superpower and powerless Cuba connected themselves in a common goal—protecting a burgeoning Marxist revolution from what the leaders in both countries saw as preordained interference by the U.S. When the two solidified their connections in the late 1950s, no one could have predicted that their relationship would bring the world to the brink of nuclear war, or that the Revolution in Cuba would far outlast communist rule in …


Here There Be Dragons: The Korean War And American Military Response In The Cold War, Amanda Sweeney May 2007

Here There Be Dragons: The Korean War And American Military Response In The Cold War, Amanda Sweeney

All Theses

Starting in June 1950, the Korean War marked the beginning of a new era of warfare. The first limited war to take place in the nuclear age amid increasing Cold War tensions, Korea raised numerous questions of how the U.S. would interact with the Soviet Union in the new international climate. In this climate, both sides strove to maintain the world's balance of power. Small shifts in that balance, such as in Korea, assumed great importance, forcing the U.S. to act in areas not previously considered vital.
Despite the need for a firm response, U.S. actions in Korea were tempered …