The Soviet-Afghan War raged for nine years and is considered a major part of the overarching Cold War between the US and its ...

Fear of Soviet tank columns blitzing across the Rhine led to massive peacetime defense budgets, forced generations of young men to be drafted into uniform, and made novelists like Tom Clancy rich.

To gain insight on how the Soviet Union built moon-bound gear, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) carried out a covert spy job on a Soviet exhibit in 1959. Skip to main content.