i could use some kind of quick crash course in the history of the cold war. anyone have any recs (, )? this youtube video seems pretty good so far for a noob like me
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weird time to have been born during the collapse of the soviet union. feels like i'm seeing the reintroduction of a plot line in global history that i missed the entire rest of, hard to follow without catching up
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this is pretty helpful context for several things
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Maybe do crash course instead
They have some ideological tilt but it's no where near as bad as oversimplified
youtu.be/9C72ISMF_D0
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man this capitalism vs. communism thing is a big deal huh
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you ever think about sorting your friends based on which terrible wars their parents and grandparents were most directly affected by
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ah *this* is exactly the sort of thing i was looking for, amazing
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This week on the blog, a break in our normally scheduled content for a short post to try to explain some of the complexities of what is happening in Ukraine, particularly for those 'just tuning in' as it were.
acoup.blog/2022/02/25/mis
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this is the main thing i wanted to know but the background about NATO and the logic of nuclear deterrence was also a thing i wanted to know
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Oversimplified says some nonsense stuff I might look for something that looks a little more serious - or just less biased
Paging I wonder if one of them has recs. Eigen may also have one
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I learned a lot from Kissinger's book on Diplomacy but it's no general history
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