Cold War

How did Swahili become an East African lingua franca? It was not by accident.

International cricket’s big day became its payday on 21 June 1975 when Australia faced the West Indies in the final of the first Cricket World Cup.

The Illegals: Russia’s Most Audacious Spies and the Plot to Infiltrate the West by Shaun Walker sheds light on the Soviet Union’s undercover intelligence gathering.

Margaret Thatcher struggled to write her own speeches. Who put the words in her mouth?

In The World of the Cold War: 1945-1991 Vladislav Zubok argues that circumstance rather than ideology shaped the clash between communism and capitalism.

‘What historical topic have I changed my mind on? The collapse of the Soviet Union. I used to think it was a relatively peaceful event.’

With North Vietnam’s victory in 1975, its southern counterpart ceased to exist. What happened to South Vietnam?

The Vietnam War effectively ended on 30 April 1975 with the arrival of the North Vietnamese army in Saigon. Thousands fled the city, but many more were left behind.

Teodoro Castro or Iosif Grigulevich? Costa Rica’s ambassador to Yugoslavia was a Soviet spy sent to kill Tito.