One of the most notorious spies in U.S. history, Aldrich Ames, died yesterday at the age of 84. He was serving a life sentence in federal prison in Maryland. Before being caught, though, he did a lot ...
In October 1962, the world stood on the edge of destruction. The United States discovered Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba, sparking thirteen tense days when global annihilation felt inevitable. Both ...
On March 24, 1985, a Soviet sentry shot and killed U.S. Army Maj. Arthur D. "Nick" Nicholson. He was the last American killed in the line of duty during the Cold War. The U.S. Department of War ...