TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS IN COLD WAR TAIWAN

May 6, 2013

Transnational corporations during the Cold War period concentrated on three categories of manufactured products from Taiwan and other less developed countries. The first category (much smaller than the other two) was made up of capital or technology intensive goods including chemicals, iron and steel, light engineering goods, machinery, and transport equipment. In this area, the initial [...]

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HAVANA: THE IMPORTANCE OF SUGAR

May 3, 2013

The importance of sugar to the Cuban economy — and to the capital city of Havana – has been summed up in the widely quoted phrase sin azucar, no hay pais (without sugar, there is no nation). It is notable, then, that as World War II ended, circumstances surrounding the world market for sugar brought a period of prosperity [...]

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FIFA WORLD CUP SOCCER: COLD WAR GOALLLLLLLLL

April 26, 2013

Soccer fever is building in anticipation of the 2014 World Cup, so it must be time for Cold War Studies to turn its focus once again to The Beautiful Game in the context of the Cold War.  Background The first FIFA World Cup, held in 1930, was a 13 team event held in Uruguay. Since then, the [...]

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HAVANA BEFORE THE COLD WAR

April 25, 2013

With a population of 935,650 inhabitants, 1945 Havana covered an area of 724 square kilometers. The city was composed of six counties or municipios: La Habana, Marianao, Regla, Guanabacoa, Santa Maria del Rosario, and Santiago de las Vegas. The six municipios had quite different characteristics. Like most cities in the developing world, post World War II Havana reflected several [...]

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THE FIRST RED SCARE: A TIMELINE

April 24, 2013

Known to some as the Red Scare of 1919, the First Red Scare was a precursor to the Red-baiting and witch hunting that occurred in the years following World War II. During this period: People truly believed that Reds were under the bed — not to mention in the water supply, creeping through the halls [...]

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CUBAN COLD WAR CAPITAL: HAVANA

April 23, 2013

  The American made “staghound” tank occupies a place of honor on the campus of the University of Havana. Local yore says this tank was a Christmas gift from Eisenhower to Batista in 1957. The armored vehicle is one of the few remaining artifacts of the military relationship which the Cuban government had with the [...]

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COLD WAR IRAN: 1960s ISFAHAN

April 22, 2013

As the 1960s ended, Western influences were beginning to penetrate and erode the traditional fabric of the city of Isfahan. By the 1960s, Isfahan’s builders were abandoning the courtyard plan, favoring Western style block structures instead. Proposals were in work to import a capital-intensive building technology to replace processes reliant on labor and labor-intensive building. [...]

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NSC-68 (1948-1950): A PODCAST

April 18, 2013

LISTEN TO OUR NEW PODCAST: NSC-68 (1948-1950) HERE Cold War Studies is excited to bring you our most recent podcast, the fourth in a series based on AMERICA, RUSSIA, AND THE COLD WAR  by Walter LaFeber. Our last podcast ended with Truman arguing that the Marshall Plan was not enough to prevent Europe from sliding into [...]

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