The Rise of the Right
Coming in From the Cold: Untold Stories from the Cold War
English - June 30, 2022 18:27 - 47 minutes - 65 MB - ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsHistory News coldwar navy conspiracytheories espionage history military nationalsecurity spies spy terrorism Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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From the beginning of the Cold War, a network of U.S. conservatives dreamed of an international anti-communist revolution. Rather than overthrowing communist regimes directly, they instead pinned their hopes on armed groups who could topple communist states from within.
In this episode, we explore the ideology of anticommunist internationalism and how it connects to today’s American far-right.
Kyle Burke is an assistant professor of history at Hartwick College. He is the author of “Revolutionaries for the Right: Anticommunist Internationalism and Paramilitary Warfare in the Cold War”
Dawn Thomas is the Co-Director of CNA’s Center for Emergency Management and Operations.