It began as a strike by East Berlin construction workers but quickly escalated into waves of protests throughout the German…
Podcasts
Welcome to ADST’s podcast collection. We have 4 podcast series: In Their Own Voices (previously Poor Richard’s Podcasts), Modern American…
Back in the USSR — Life as a Student in Moscow in the 1960s
Grim. Tedious. Unrelentingly cold and dreary. Add in KGB surveillance and the fear that they truly were out to get…
Margaret Thatcher, the Iron Lady
One of the most prominent political figures in Cold War history, Margaret Thatcher, led Britain as the only female prime…
From The Bookshelf: Other Publications
Below we have provided a list of books that may be of interest to our readers and researchers that are…
McCarthy’s Red Herring
With his infamous Wheeling, West Virginia speech on February 9, 1950, in which he declared he had a list of…
The Show Trial of U-2 Pilot Francis Gary Powers
On May 1, 1960, an American U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union and its pilot, Francis…
The Reagan-Gorbachev Arms Control Breakthrough
Back to Memoirs and Occasional Papers The Reagan-Gorbachev Arms Control Breakthrough:The Treaty Eliminating Intermediate-range Nuclear Force (INF) Missiles This is…
Fascinating Figures
Diplomacy and foreign policy attract some of the smartest, most dedicated, and most interesting figures in every generation. In this…
Arias, Cabalettas, and Foreign Affairs
Back to Memoirs and Occasional Papers Arias, Cabalettas, and Foreign Affairs: A Public Diplomat’s Quasi-Musical Memoir A lifelong lover of…