What does the wealth of books, documentaries and dramas about the Chernobyl disaster tell us that history alone cannot?
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The Soviet ‘illegals’ program trained and embedded spies who lived surreptitiously in the West – just like TV’s The Americans. Who were they, and did they really go away?
A historian looks back at the success – and failure – of mass mobilization efforts by Russia and the Soviet Union.
The way two presidents used language to ask Americans to support intervening in a foreign conflict shows the power of a leader who uses plain speaking – and sets limits on intervention.
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Professor of Russian History, American University
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Denise M. Bostdorff is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor and Chair of Communication Studies, The College of Wooster
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Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney
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Professor of English Literature, University of Southern Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in Humanities, University of Southern Queensland