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Evolution of Soviet “Rights-Talk,” part 2: Stalin and the 1936 Constitution

November 9, 2012by comradescitizens Leave a comment

[Continued from: Evolution of Soviet “Rights-Talk,” part 1: Lenin and the 1918 Constitution] Stalin and the 1936 Constitution The violence and social upheaval of the 1930s might suggest legal instability, but […]

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20th Century History, Cold War History, History, USSR

Evolution of Soviet “Rights-Talk,” part 1: Lenin and the 1918 Constitution

November 7, 2012by comradescitizens Leave a comment

“What happens to human rights when ‘the human’ is understood to be a work in progress?” “What happens to human rights when ‘the human’ is understood to be a work […]

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20th Century History, History, USSR

Henry L. Stimson and The Bomb, or Why America and Britain Order their Uranium “To-Go”

November 5, 2012by comradescitizens Leave a comment

The widely accepted idea that the use of atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a carefully considered calculus to save human lives — even the idea that Secretary of […]

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20th Century History, Germany, History, USSR
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Apocalyptic Misunderstandings and the Creepiest “Dead Hand” Ever

August 23, 2012by comradescitizens 1 Comment

It doesn’t matter if you’re a hawk or a dove. In fact, the doves and hawks both got it wrong, suggests Nicholas Thompson. The Soviets’ mindsets and motivations fit “some […]

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20th Century History, History, USSR
Radio Moscow Commemorative Stamp

Nagasaki!: Radio Moscow and Soviet Nuclear Culture

July 26, 2012by comradescitizens Leave a comment

Peter Schmelz, a musicologist at Washington University, St. Louis, wrote a great article that analyzes Soviet “nuclear culture” through an oratorio on Nagasaki that was broadcast both at home and […]

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20th Century History, Cold War History, History, USSR

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  • Henry L. Stimson and The Bomb, or Why America and Britain Order their Uranium “To-Go”
  • Apocalyptic Misunderstandings and the Creepiest “Dead Hand” Ever
  • History in History: Notes on the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, Part 2
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