Remembering the Cuban Missile Crisis 60 years later
PAT MURPHY: The narrative that emerged of American triumphalism was false. The reality was somewhat more complicated. There had been a deal
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Understated George Shultz left a lasting legacy
PAT MURPHY: As Ronald Reagan’s secretary of state, he played a key role in bringing about the end of the Cold War ($29)
Canada’s first political sex scandal was really a dud
PAT MURPHY: Gerda Munsinger, allegedly a low-level Soviet spy, was sexually involved with at least one, and possibly two, cabinet ministers ($$)
Ronald Reagan’s remarkable mission to Moscow
The American president’s loathing for nuclear weapons and his desire to see new freedoms in the Soviet Union framed his trip
Stalin’s Moscow show trials a blind spot for western intellectuals
MURPHY The eagerness of western intellectuals to justify the Moscow show trials of the late ’30s was what was truly frightening about them (PREMIUM membership content)
The pope, the president and the resurrection of Poland
MURPHY Pope John Paul II and Ronald Reagan shared a vision of an independent Poland. Together, they helped the country break free from the Soviet bloc (PREMIUM membership content)
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