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The Korean War (1950-1953)
The Korean War (1950-1953) was a deeply significant moment in Cold War history. The war raised important military, political and ideological questions for the United States, Britain, the United Nations (UN) and many countries across the world. It was the Cold War at its hottest, a conflict where millions were wounded, killed or displaced. It also profoundly shaped the Korean landscape, the paths of the two Korean states and collective memory, with consequences to the present day.
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“Cold War” – The (pre)history of a term
In early September 1947, the renowned political commentator Walter Lippmann published the first in a syndicated series of fourteen news columns under the common title “Cold War”. The columns would be published in a book that same autumn: The Cold War: A Study in U.S. Foreign Policy. Lippmann’s usage of the term “cold war” is notable, as only from this moment did it attain popular deployment as the name for the emergent conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States which would last until 1990.
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The Berlin Airlift 1948/49
The Western powers responded to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin in 1948/1949 by supplying the city from the air. Berlin became the scene of the first great crisis of the Cold War.
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The Second Berlin Crisis, 1958 to 1962
The Western powers responded to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin in 1948/1949 by supplying the city from the air. Berlin became the scene of the first great crisis of the Cold War.