Cold war
Slaughter in Indonesia: Britain’s secret propaganda war
Declassified documents reveal how in 1965 a dirty tricks arm of the Foreign Office incited massacres that left thousands dead
Paul Lashmar, Nicholas Gilby and James Oliver
17, Oct, 2021 @8:00 AM
Revealed: how UK spies incited mass murder of Indonesia’s communists
Newly declassified papers show shocking role played by Britain in slaughter
Paul Lashmar, Nicholas Gilby and James Oliver
17, Oct, 2021 @8:00 AM
El Alamein, Dresden and a cold war spy: the incredible life of Victor Gregg
A celebration of the achievements of the Britain’s oldest para veteran, who died last week aged 101
Rick Stroud
17, Oct, 2021 @6:15 AM
The Hungarian revolution begins – archive, October 1956
On 23 October 1956, thousands of protestors gathered in Budapest to demand the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Hungary, setting off a revolt across the country. See how the Guardian reported events
compiled by Richard Nelsson
13, Oct, 2021 @1:05 PM
The spy writer who held a grudge against Le Carré comes in from the cold
Willem Frederik Hermans thought the Briton’s famous book was based on his. Now one of his best works is coming out in the UK
Dalya Alberge
12, Sep, 2021 @10:00 AM
Louis Armstrong and the spy: how the CIA used him as a ‘trojan horse’ in Congo
Book reveals how the jazz musician unwittingly became party to secret cold war manoeuvres by the US in Africa
Jason Burke Africa correspondent
12, Sep, 2021 @8:45 AM
Berliners wake to a divided city – archive, August 1961
During the night of 12-13 August 1961, communist East Germany began building a barrier to close off East Germans’ access to West Berlin. See how the Guardian and Observer reported events
compiled by Richard Nelsson
12, Aug, 2021 @11:00 AM
Ethel Rosenberg by Anne Sebba review – a mother murdered by cold war hysteria
This powerful biography of a woman executed for espionage, along with her husband, recreates the suffocating atmosphere of the US in the 1950s
Rachel Cooke
27, Jun, 2021 @8:00 AM
The Rosenbergs were executed for spying in 1953. Can their sons reveal the truth?
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were sent to the electric chair for being Soviet spies, but their sons have spent decades trying to clear their mother’s name. Are they close to a breakthrough?
Hadley Freeman
19, Jun, 2021 @10:00 AM
Cold war or uneasy peace: does defining US-China competition matter?
Many are beginning to fear the world may soon be caught in the crossfire between Beijing and Washington
Vincent Ni China affairs correspondent
11, Jun, 2021 @2:00 AM
Spy who got the cold shoulder: how the west abandoned its star defector
Michal Goleniewski exposed Soviet agents in the UK, but the CIA airbrushed him from history, says author
Donna Ferguson
23, May, 2021 @9:30 AM
Matthew Modine's teenage obsessions: ‘In Utah, the Beatles were devil music’
The Full Metal Jacket actor, who stars in new horror film Wrong Turn, on Ernest Hemingway, Sean Connery, and why he turned down Top Gun
As told to Rich Pelley
04, Mar, 2021 @3:00 PM
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