J. Robert Oppenheimer was the great nuclear physicist, “father of the atomic bomb,” and is now the subject of a blockbuster biopic. But Oppenheimer always despaired about the nuclear arms race triggered by his creation. So the approaching 78th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing invites us to ask how far we’ve come — or haven’t ...
Please go here for Part 1 On Christmas night, December 25, 1991, Gorbachev signed his last executive decree as President of the Soviet Union and resigned as Supreme Commander of the Soviet Armed Forces. Over the Kremlin, the “hammer and sickle” flag representing communism had disappeared entirely, and the once flamboyant and mighty Soviet “empire” ...
Please go here for Part 2 Mikhail Gorbachev, the legendary and famous Russian political figure, wielded significant influence in the second half of the 20th century. Unfortunately, he passed away from illness at 91 on August 30, 2022. The fall of the Berlin Wall, the dramatic opening up and changes in Eastern Europe, and the ...
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