What America spent money on during the Cold War instead of actual security in the daily lives of its citizens (#22789297):
"Throughout the world, our strategic focus stand guard over our way of life. But, if a general war engulfed the world, all our military power could be helpless.
Unless our leaders could survive and control our forces before and during the holocaust, an aggressor could strike without fear of reprisal.
Only the belief that we could control our forces throughout the entire spectrum of a general nuclear war would deter him from striking the first blow."
1969 US Air Force film, declassified thanks to the National Security Archive.
Deadline approaching: considering attending #AHA24 in San Francisco? December 15 is the last day for preregistration pricing. Visit our website to learn more about registration and hotels, access the program, and more. @histodonshttps://www.historians.org/annual-meeting
Diana sits in divine nudity with her cloak offering respite from the rock ledge she sits on. She sits before a garlanded altar with a small herm, her quiver nearby.
🎉 Coming soon: RAPHAEL: A PORTRAIT, a fascinating film about the extraordinary life, achievements and legacy of Raphael (1483-1520), one of history’s most celebrated and productive artists, in a fresh, original format.
In June 1948, Sen. Arthur Vandenberg (R-MI) famously stated that "politics stops at the water's edge," urging R cooperation with the Truman administration's foreign policy objectives. Stalin's proxies had just eliminated all non-communist members of the coalition governments of Soviet-occupied Central Europe and the Berlin Blockade loomed.
Today's Republican Party by contrast is worth over 10 fresh divisions to the russian invasion force. Shame.
Very glad to see that History News Network (HNN) has found a new home at the University of Richmond and a partnership with Bunk. Check out the new site (and sign up for its new newsletter). #histodons@histodonshttps://hnn.us/
(Free) Registration is now open for the IHC / Drexel University workshop "The Colonization of Portugal", which will take place at the National Library of Portugal on 13 and 14 December.
The challenge is to inquire the importance of colonial dynamics in the making of metropolitan Portugal.
On this day in 1629, Redmond Nash died. See this and other gravestone inscriptions from the Church of the Holy Trinity, Fethard, Co. Tipperary, in the Journals: https://tinyurl.com/nash1629
Did you know that before they were making razors, @PhilipsNorelco
made intercom systems? Neither did we! The image of the day shows the Norelco S1 (left and the Norelco S2 (right), ca. 1960s.
@bojacobs@histodons This made me remember the official at some public event to take input on mining, ate some yellowcake to show it was not dangerous. And I'm sure somebody has a link to a story about him, too.
☀️ Close to Spain’s vital silver mines, Carthago Nova prospered throughout the mid to late Republic: the historian Polybius describing it as a magnificent capital resplendent in palaces, temples, and, of course, its all important harbour.
📜 The post about Carthago Nova was written for Timetravelrome by our long time friend & author Michel Gybels. It is dedicated to Molinete - the main archaeological area of the ancient city. 📸 Link 👉
🆕 Eight new research contracts were awarded to the IHC under by the FCT: six in the Junior Researcher category and two in the Assistant Researcher category, which will result in five new members joining the Institute. 🥳