At the time, most people were blissfully unaware of it, but 1983 became probably the closest the world got to nuclear war since the Cuban...

Sometimes when researching my books my various interests pleasantly collide. Yesterday while reading up on US Army installations in Cold...

Sixty years ago, on Sunday 13 August 1961, the citizens of Berlin woke up to a whole new reality – a divided city. In the early hours of...

My interest in the Cold War began back in 1986 when I visited West Berlin on, of all things, an orchestra tour. We were playing a series...