Zócalo Public SquareShort Memories, Long Runs, and Endless Wars – Zócalo Public Square https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org Ideas Journalism With a Head and a Heart Mon, 21 Oct 2024 07:01:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Short Memories, Long Runs, and Endless Wars https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2012/10/10/short-memories-long-runs-and-endless-wars/books/the-six-point-inspection/ https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2012/10/10/short-memories-long-runs-and-endless-wars/books/the-six-point-inspection/#respond Wed, 10 Oct 2012 07:01:47 +0000 Zocalo http://new.zocalopublicsquare.org/?p=38830 How We Forgot the Cold War: A Historical Journey Across America
by Jon Wiener
UC Irvine historian Wiener traveled to Cold War monuments and exhibits around the country—from a “hippie contest” at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library to a museum exhibit on North Dakota’s bomb shelters—to show how, despite conservative efforts to enshrine democracy’s victory over communism, America has forgotten the Cold War.

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by Jon Wiener
UC Irvine historian Wiener traveled to Cold War monuments and exhibits around the country—from a “hippie contest” at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library to a museum exhibit on North Dakota’s bomb shelters—to show how, despite conservative efforts to enshrine democracy’s victory over communism, America has forgotten the Cold War.

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