Cold War Left Overs: North Korea Today

North Korea is the one remaining hot spot left over from the Cold War, and the chance of the regime changing anytime soon are almost nonexistent. To understand North Korea today, it helps to take a look at its past.  Korea was long under Chinese control and/or influence until Japan took it over in the aftermath [...]

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This post was written by Dr. Art Pitz on June 17, 2009 Comments (0)

Remember Communism and the Cold War?

I recently returned from a 10-day tour of Holocaust sites in Poland with Suzanne and a group of St. Ambrose University students. For most of the students on the trip, communism and the Cold War are ancient history, but not to the Polish people.
For them, even World War II is a fresh and poignant memory. The [...]

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This post was written by Dr. Art Pitz on March 26, 2009 Comments (0)