Eisenhower

The U2 spy plane, the road to Lake Baikal, and the presidential trip to Russia that never happened

Environment

The imminent demise of the American U-2 spy plane reminded The World’s environment editor Peter Thomson of an odd story linking the plane with one of his favorite places, Siberia’s Lake Baikal.

The U2 spy plane, the road to Lake Baikal, and the presidential trip to Russia that never happened

Environment

The Role of the Vice President

Global Politics

‘Ike’s Bluff’ Examines President Eisenhower in a New Nuclear World

Global Politics

Ike the Peacenik

The World

President Obama Unveils Smaller Military

Global Politics

The US military will become “leaner” as it switches focus to the Asia-Pacific region, President Barack Obama has announced.

Walter Reed Medical Center to Close, After Over 100 Years of Care

The Walter Reed Army Medical Center will close its doors, after more than a century of care. The historic medical center first opened it’s doors to offer care to soldiers and their families in 1909. The hospital treated Presidents Nixon and Eisenhower. and housed a number of other Washington notables. But it also had its […]

The World

Fifty years of the military industrial complex

What was the military industrial complex initially? And what has it become over time?

The World

Fifty years later, the finish line is still the moon for NASA

Environment

It’s the 50th anniversary of a great proxy battle fought in outer space. In 1958, President Eisenhower created NASA so the United States could compete with the USSR in space technology. Today, there’s a new space race on ? between China and America. The finish line, 50 years later, is still the moon.

The World

Pentagon meets Tinseltown

Arts, Culture & Media

After countless movies about Iraq and Afghanistan, Lt. Col. J. Todd Breasseale just wants filmmakers to tell it like it is? or perhaps how the Army says it is. But is Breasseale’s Army Media Relations division concerned with telling the truth, or promoting its own agenda? Guest: Lt. Col. J. Todd Breasseale, Army Relations Los Angeles Division