Perspectives on the Cold War

The 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall is being commemorated and celebrated this month, and in this issue we feature several historians’ perspectives on the Cold War. The cover photo shows the decaying state of the auditorium of the Buzludzha Monument in Bulgaria. Constructed in the 1970s as a monument to the founding of the socialist movement in Bulgaria, the ­Buzludzha Monument is perched on a distant mountaintop in the Central Balkan Mountains. Like many Soviet-era monuments, it is now the subject of an ongoing debate about whether it should be preserved or torn down, and who should pay. Meanwhile, tourists and vandals flock to the site, and images of the flying-­saucer-shaped concrete exterior and the decaying interior appear frequently on blogs and on the web pages of online communities devoted to ruins photography. The photograph is by Michael Kötter (www.flickr.com/photos/cmdrcord) and is licensed as CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

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Staff

Allen Mikaelian, editor
Shatha Almutawa, associate editor
Jacob Ingram, editorial assistant
Liz Townsend, coordinator, professional data and job center

Other Articles

November 1, 2014

From the President

Discovering Global History through Historical Fiction

November 1, 2014

The Paperless Archive

November 1, 2014

In Memoriam

Gary Gene Land: 1944-2014

November 1, 2014

In Memoriam

Richard William Lenk: 1936-2014

November 1, 2014

In Memoriam

Gilad Margalit: 1959-2014

November 1, 2014

In Memoriam

Roland Anthony Oliver: 1923-2014

November 1, 2014

From the Editor

Arab New York

November 1, 2014

News

Member News, November 2014

November 26, 2014

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Catherine (Casey) Christensen

November 21, 2014

AHA Activities, News, Perspectives Daily

AHA’s President-Elect Named 2015 National Women’s History Month Honoree

November 20, 2014

Perspectives Daily

New York History on the Annual Meeting Program

November 19, 2014

Perspectives Daily

How WWI History Changed My Views about Peanut Butter

November 19, 2014

Member Spotlight, News, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Peter A. Blitstein

November 19, 2014

From the Teaching Division, Perspectives Daily

AHA Supports FAIR Act in California K-12 History Education

November 18, 2014

Perspectives Daily

History in the Art of Tom Lea

November 18, 2014

Perspectives Daily

Session of the Week: Poster Sessions

November 14, 2014

Perspectives Daily

Transportation Tips for the Annual Meeting

November 12, 2014

Perspectives Daily

Preserving the Print Record in the Digital Age

November 10, 2014

Perspectives Daily

Name that Cocktail!

November 7, 2014

AHA Activities, Perspectives Daily

Introducing the AHA Career Center

November 6, 2014

AHA Activities, Perspectives Daily

AHA Hires New Web and Social Media Editor

November 5, 2014

Member Spotlight, News, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Nina Kushner