@wellerstein The sideways representation confused me at first.
US nuclear weapons deployments, 1945-1958 or so — the geopolitics of "containment." Made this for teaching.pic.twitter.com/ndNTdqUqXS
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@Wanimator The projection is known as "gnomonic" — common for US nuclear war plans in the 1950s. All straight lines are great circle routes. -
@wellerstein Interesting.
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@wellerstein@StephenWalt Fantastic. Am a teacher in France -- will use (and credit) during Cold War sections. Thanks.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@wellerstein I was thinking South Korea isn't there... -
@Wanimator@wellerstein (in)famously not part of the US defence perimeter - so Kim/Stalin/Mao to some degree encouraged to start war
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@wellerstein@StephenWalt Morocco and Tunisia ? It even happened in Tunisia after the independance ? Surprising.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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