The threat of nuclear war has dangled over humankind for much too long. We have survived so far through luck and brinkmanship. But the old, limited safeguards that kept the Cold War cold are long ...

A haunting map from the Cold War era reveals a harrowing prediction of the devastating effects that could spread across the US following a nuclear conflict. If this nightmare scenario came to pass ...

Some European leaders see this moment as the beginning of a long struggle with Russia, akin to the beginning of the Cold War in 1946, when Winston Churchill warned that “an iron curtain has ...

At its peak during the Cold War, Washington had 17 military base across the island with about 10,000 troops. That presence has since shrunk to about 200 troops at just one U.S.-operated military ...

From the outbreak of the Korean War to NATO’s expansion, 1950 marked the Cold War’s first great turning point. The balance of ...

The Cold War, From Beginning to End 1 minute read TIME August 16, 2001 12:00 AM EDT ...