The Panama Papers: Soviet history lessons?
Are you any the wiser, or did you know it already? The massive leak of documents from the law firm Mossack Fonseca reveals — pause — that David Cameron inherited … Continue reading
April 17, 2016 · Leave a comment
The Philadelphia ghetto, the CIA, and the Soviet city
It’s not a very constructive argument. The neighbours scream that your new fence encroaches on their garden; you shout that their extension bears a doubtful relationship to the building regulations. … Continue reading
December 14, 2014 · Leave a comment
The Cold War surveillance state — and AJP Taylor
Just how different was the post-Stalin Soviet Union from the Western democracies? Nowadays, historians ask the question in a routine way, focusing on the principles underlyng the consumer economy or … Continue reading
July 13, 2014 · Leave a comment
