Cold Warcomicsspy fictioncovert operationsRonald ReaganThis article analyses the revisionist engagement with the history of US covert operations in three spy series published by DC Comics in 198890: Blackhawk, The Unknown Soldier and Justice, Inc . It discusses four levels of revisionism: pre-textual...
Covert operations as a fact of life in the cold war The post–world war era ushered in a unique ideological, military, and diplomatic rivalry between the two surviving global powers. Except for the conflicts in Korea and Vietnam, much of the struggle between Moscow and Washington was conducted...
Cyberspace is already by definitions and doctrine a war-fighting domain even if only a few states are able to do any offensivecyber operations, but the strategic abilities will grow in the next decade. There are several reasons why cyber weapons are inviting. ...
A cold war story set in 1970s Chicago, Trinity Icon introduces a team of covert operations specialists on a mission to stop a spectacular bombing downtown. Third year student Alex Dolnikov finds herself caught up in the mission and fighting for her own survival....
In the first official acknowledgment of its kind, the State Department has provided a detailed account of major covert operations launched by the CIA in Indonesia during the 1950s, when it feared growing Communist influence over President Sukarno.
“STALKING The RED BEAR”The True Story Of A U.S. Cold War Submarine’s Covert Operations Against the Soviet Union. By Peter Sasgen. Stalking The Red Bear”––for the first time ever, describes the action principally from the perspective of a commanding officer of a Sturgeon-class nuclear...
Civil Air Transport (CAT), founded in China after World War II by Claire Chennault and Whiting Willauer, was initially a commercial carrier specializing in air freight. Its role quickly changed as CAT became first a paramilitary adjunct of the Nationalist Chinese Air Force, then the CIA's secr...
A seasoned veteran of modern, high-tech undercover operations, Remington always obeys the two main rules of Covert Action: 1. Use your intelligence. 2. If Rule One fails, use your other weapons. Take on the role of CIA agent Maxine "Max" Remington or her male counterpart, Maximillian. ...
Looking Back: American Covert Regime Change Operations from the Cold War to the War on Terror Over the course of his eight years in office, George W. Bush made several choices that history may show were harmful to the United States. Out of all of them, possibly the most damaging was the...
future economic development, so the solution is a negotiated Social Charter for Mining that will allow Greenfields operations to raise the capital needed for job creation, free of the constraints created by this unfortunate legacy of wealth plunder that started with the Second Anglo Boer War. ...