Cold War Historians
Historians working on Cold War related topics. Lots of overlap to other subfields
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@spacefromspace.com
Satellite images past and present (mostly related to the space industry) 🛰️ Declassified spy satellite images 🕵️ Open data 👏 spacefromspace.com
@matthewswiseman.bsky.social
Asst. teaching prof of North American history at the University of Waterloo | science, gender, health, environment | author of Frontier Science | matthewswiseman.ca
@nuclearhistory.bsky.social
Historian of France's military nuclear ambitions (1945-1958) and US nuclear weapons testing. The views expressed are my own and do not reflect the official policy or position of the US Air Force, the Department of Defense, or the US Government.
@elspethoriordan.bsky.social
International Historian, Defence Studies Department, King’s College London. Cold War; Diplomacy; British Foreign Policy. Views my own.
@melaniebrand.bsky.social
Lecturer in Intelligence Studies at Macquarie University, Sydney. Book Review Editor, Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism. Historian interested in intelligence, analysis, warning, secrecy, accountability and espionage pop culture.
@aschacht.bsky.social
Historian (East Central Europe, International History of Science & Medicine) at @uniheidelberg.bsky.social. PhD from @dshcs.bsky.social and @recetvienna.bsky.social at @univie.ac.at, Managing Editor with @administory.bsky.social
@carlossanz.bsky.social
Professor of Contemporary History & IR History at UCM | Diplomatic School | Jean Monnet Chair HistEU | ICEI UCM
@onurisci.bsky.social
Associate Professor of History and International Affairs at Kadir Has University in Istanbul. onurisci.academia.edu
@damianrainford.bsky.social
Reader, writer, old-school traveller, modern history ...WW2 / Cold War .., legacy of colonialism, Dylan buff, Evertonian. See theancienthighway.com for off the wall tales about my travels. Shropshire, UK.
@wdjames.bsky.social
Asst. Professor in Strategic Studies at NTU Singapore. Author of British Grand Strategy in the Age of American Hegemony (OUP, 2024). Research: Alliances, UK foreign & defence policy, European security & transatlantic relations. www.williamdjames.com
@leekluckhistorian.bsky.social
Public Historian who focuses on sports topics and interesting local stories with international implications. Author of Leave While the Party's Good: The Life and Legacy of Baseball Executive Harry Dalton. https://history4publicconsumption.substack.com/
@willgray.bsky.social
Professor of history at Purdue: 20th-Century international history & the global economy. Author of TRADING POWER and GERMANY'S COLD WAR. Current book project follows German economic engagement in Brazil.
@jamesamark.bsky.social
Historian. Uni of Exeter. Off White. Central and Eastern Europe and the Global History of Race (2024); Socialism Goes Global (2022) https://arch-history.exeter.ac.uk/history/profile/index.php?username=jamark
@hilaryfrancis.bsky.social
Historian @ Northumbria Uni. Nicaragua, oral history, plus side quests
@morrisinmexico.bsky.social
Historian and writer. 🗃 Mexico. Indigenous communities, revolutions, drugs. Writing a book on Mexican militias. First book here: https://www.amazon.com/Soldiers-Saints-Shamans-Communities-Revolutionary/dp/0816541027
@cadetcunningham.bsky.social
Ex-PhD Candidate | Espionage Historian | International Relations Afficionado | Aspiring Novelist | Book & Movie Lover | Democratic Socialist
@aaronbateman.bsky.social
Assist. Prof. of History & Intl Affairs at George Washington U. | Book#1 : Weapons in Space: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262547369/weapons-in-s | Now writing a book on the politics/security of global information networks
@chrislashhist.bsky.social
Historian of Poland and CEE in the world based in Warsaw, Poland. Might be the odd political skeet here and there. Private views
@elizabethward.bsky.social
Film historian in German cinema. Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Fellow at the Universität Leipzig researching German cultural diplomacy at film festivals during the Cold War. Lecturer at the Europa-Universität Viadrina. www.elizabeth-ward.com
@peterajohnston.bsky.social
Director, Narrative and Content at Imperial War Museums. Military historian, museum professional, and frequent explorer of museums, memorials and battlefields. All views here are mine alone
@johnworsencroft.bsky.social
Associate Professor of History. Director, School of History and Social Sciences at Louisiana Tech University. I research and write at the intersections of gender, war, society, and policy. USMC veteran.
@yadernye.bsky.social
Military historian/neo-navalist/itinerant defense analyst King's College London War Studies alum All views by me are mine alone Denver-area sports & CU Buffs fan
@drjpersian.bsky.social
Historian. mainly post-WW2 displaced persons. dabbles in the far right. Books: Fascists in Exile; Beautiful Balts. Co-editor: Histories of Fascism & Anti-Fascism in Australia. Associate Professor, Australia
@cthomasjamh.bsky.social
Professor, African Military Historian, Co-Editor of the Journal of African Military History. Opinions expressed are solely mine. My book, Ujamaa’s Army, is available now!! https://www.ohioswallow.com/9780821425596/ujamaas-army
@mikedavis.bsky.social
Historian in WNC, working on THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW and nuclear war, teaching part-time at Lees-McRae College, opinions my own, available for professional consultation.
@robrakove.bsky.social
Historian at Stanford University, author of "Kennedy, Johnson, and the Nonaligned World" and "Days of Opportunity: The United States and Afghanistan Before the Soviet Invasion." It's good to have options.
@syrussolojin.bsky.social
UChicago PhD, historian of the US military in Asia, war, empire, and the everyday work of global power. Kyra's personal chef. Journal article in Diplomatic History, "Afterlives of Orientalism" https://doi.org/10.1093/dh/dhae049
@dbfenthusiast.bsky.social
DBF but in a preservation sort of way. Maritime historian and museum professional. Talks a lot about submarines. Views my own.
@juliarosekraut.bsky.social
JD/PhD | THREAT OF DISSENT: A HISTORY OF IDEOLOGICAL EXCLUSION AND DEPORTATION IN THE UNITED STATES | https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674292352 | Posts are mine, not the views of my employer. ❤️ & Reposts are not endorsements.
@arturbanaszewski.bsky.social
• PhD Researcher in Intellectual History, European University Institute • 20th century, Cold War, Marxism, Liberalism, Eastern Europe • Convenor @inthiseui.bsky.social • Graduate Associate @gpolthought.bsky.social • Formerly @jhideas.bsky.social
@cmcknichols.bsky.social
Historian, Hayes Chair @OhioState Mershon Ctr Carnegie Fellow 6 Books: Ideology in US Foreign Relations, Rethinking American Grand Strategy, Promise & Peril. Isolationism, Internationalism, Globalization. ⚾️
@marydudziak.bsky.social
Law, history, politics. Latest book: Making the Forever War: Marilyn Young on the Culture and Politics of American Militarism. https://makingtheforeverwar.mystrikingly.com/ #lawsky 🗃
@lizzieajmartin.bsky.social
phd student @ birkbeck, uol. researching the history of the international refugee regime, disability, and the 'hard core' of 'difficult to resettle' displaced persons in postwar europe.
@castrohistorian.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of History at Centre College. Author of Only a Few Blocks to Cuba: Cold War Refugee Policy, the Cuban Diaspora, and the Transformation of Miami. Opinions my own, not my employer's.
@kathke.com
Historian. 19th/20th century US & Germany. JGU Mainz. 70s/80s cultural criticism, pop science, futurology. Book: Wires That Bind. @torstenkathke on most things.
@briandrohan.bsky.social
US Army officer and historian of war, humanitarianism, human rights, and the United Nations at the US Military Academy - West Point. Author of *Brutality in an Age of Human Rights* (Cornell UP ‘18).
@johannamellis.bsky.social
Ex-D1 swimmer, historian. @endofsportpod.bsky.social. Writing on Hungarian sportspeople, state socialism, & IOC’s imperialism in the Cold War. she/her. Anti-DeSantis. IG jojomellis for outfits
@smittermeier.bsky.social
Largely unknown historian @ Uni Kassel Versität. “Smart heavy hitter” doing work on pop culture (Disney, TV) & queer history. Does stand up comedy. Frustrated idealist. Very bisexual. Podcast @infrontofira.bsky.social. https://linktr.ee/sabrinamittermeier
@shaunrichman.org
Labor guy in higher ed. Author, "Tell The Bosses We're Coming" (Monthly Review, 2020) & "We Always Had a Union" (U. of Illinois, 2025). Contributing writer: In These Times, Jacobin, American Prospect.
@bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social
Historian of self-determination, US foreign policy, human rights, decolonization, Indonesia, development, Univ. Connecticut, DIPG dad. #DefeatDIPG
@ausairpowervietnam.bsky.social
A history of Australian air power during the Vietnam War. Curated by @airpowerhistory.bsky.social
@vietnamwarera.bsky.social
A complement to VWE site by Joseph Malek. He/him. Historian. Librarian. Support my work: http://patreon.com/vietnamwarera ; http://paypal.me/vietnamwar
@dpbred.bsky.social
Historienne, Prof, l'Université de Montréal, Allemagne/Europe moderne, Journalism, Gender, Violence, Memory. Director DAAD Centre for German/ European St. https://utorontopress.com/9781487547219/writing-and-rewriting-the-reich/?srsltid=AfmBOoqjMhygdSvs0Y
@jsanborn.bsky.social
Historian. Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe. Currently working on spies, scientists, and Cold War fictions.
@malcolmcraig.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in US History @ljmuofficial.bsky.social, historian of the nuclear age, researching #ColdWar era post-apocalypse roleplaying games. #TTRPG designer. You may remember me from such games as #astaterpg, #ColdCity, and #HotWar
@janvoemel.bsky.social
Global History, History of Modern Turkey and Indonesia, Islamism, nativist movements, religions, gender, intellectual history Occasionally: golden age rap, food, travel, and other fun things PDFs of my articles: https://uni-konstanz.academia.edu/JanVomel
@vanhoef.bsky.social
IR and political history @erasmusuni | Expert on friendship in international politics, especially US politics and Franco-German relations | #History #International #Relations #Politics | PhD @UniversityLeeds
@timothynunan.bsky.social
Historian | International history, global development, Cold War and decolonization | Professor at Univ. Regensburg | Author of "Humanitarian Invasion: Global Development in Cold War Afghanistan," now working on Shi'a Islamism | Views my own.
@hdichter.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Sport History & Sport Management 📚 Bidding for the 1968 Olympic Games; Soccer Diplomacy; Diplomatic Games; Berlin Sports 🇺🇸 in 🇬🇧, or traveling somewhere www.dmu.ac.uk/heatherdichter
@lukasmengelkamp.bsky.social
Finishing a PhD in nuclear history @ University of Marburg / Working on arms control and military strategy @ifshhamburg.bsky.social. Private account. https://www.hamburg-armscontrol.de/en/staff/lukas-mengelkamp-2/
@jasonhiggins.bsky.social
Digital Scholarship Coordinator/Assistant Prof at Virginia Tech. Author of Prisoners after War: Veterans in the Age of Mass Incarceration (UMass Press). Editor. Oral historian. I teach the Vietnam War and African American history. https://shorturl.at/HpPO7
@gvaughnjoy.bsky.social
UCL PhD in Christmas Film History • MA in Comic Books • MPhil in Demonology • Wife of My Favourite Person
@nacahistorian.bsky.social
PhD Candidate at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Researching how the NACA became NASA. Early Space policy/ Foreign Relations/history of science and technology/Dad. USAF Retired.
@tgpeterson.bsky.social
Parent. Gardener. Anti-fascist. Historian of Modern France, North Africa, Counterinsurgency, Migration. Curmudgeon. Associate Prof. No Tyrants, No Kings. Terrencepeterson.com https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501776960/revolutionary-warfare
@historyasif.bsky.social
New Yorker. Historian of Science and Technology. Space. Music. Soviet History. Comics
@coldwarpod.bsky.social
Award-winning #podcast preserving the stories of the #ColdWar before they are lost... Listen & follow for free at https://coldwarconversations.com/ Hosted & produced by Ian Sanders, Fellow of Royal Historical Society & Manchester Museum
@markstout.bsky.social
Intelligence historian, former intelligence officer. Also live on the borderlands of military history. Former Historian at the International Spy Museum. University educator. I wish I were in Seattle. The cat is Boadicea.
@rpbook.bsky.social
UK based military history & RPG author. My main social media is Mastodon (https://historians.social/@RPBook) - most posts are copied here. You can follow my Mastodon account on BlueSky: @RPBook.historians.social.ap.brid.gy https://russellphillips.uk
@professormeredith.bsky.social
Historian, writer, and podcaster blending humor and insight. Host of Bitchy History, where irreverence meets historical deep dives. Author of a forthcoming book exploring 1950s media and its impact on American politics and culture.
@hmaar.bsky.social
Historian, humorist, beer enthusiast! H-Diplo Review Editor. Board Member, Peace History Society. Cold War/Arms Control/abolition/peace activism. Author of Freeze! The Grassroots Movement to Halt the Arms Race and End the Cold War (Cornell UP, 2022)
@luketruxal.bsky.social
Husband. Father. Author of “Uniting Against the Reich.” Adjunct Professor of History at Cumberland University. Assistant Editor at Balloons to Drones. Air Power and #WW2 Historian.
@vietnamwarsongs.bsky.social
Vietnam War Song Project (VWSP) - archive and research on the music of the Vietnam War, 6,000+ songs identified. Founding Editor Dr. Justin A. Brummer - on the hunt for new songs 🎵 🧐 Austin, TX. Est. 2007 https://linktr.ee/vietnamwarsongproject
@historyofcommunism.bsky.social
History of Communism publishes documents, visuals and studies of and about communist movements and events with the aim of stimulating and supporting academic research on communism.
@spyhistorian.bsky.social
Historian. Spies, signals intelligence, Second World War. Social and Cultural history. History of humour. Insults = 🚫
@brianlaslie.bsky.social
Historian. Author: Air Force Way of War, Architect of Air Power, Air Power's Lost Cause, and Fighting From Above. Series w/ @KentuckyPress and editor: @Balloons2Drones. As you can see, I do something in the air...
@wildblueponder.bsky.social
PT PhD student by night - interested in the representation of military aviators in popular culture. A librarian for the USAF by day. Easily distracted at all times by biathlon, geopolitical arguments, rugby, murder mysteries, or livestreams of airfields.
@angelabarnes.bsky.social
"Comedian". 2025 TOUR "ANGST" - ON SALE NOW - MORE DATES via angelabarnescomedy.co.uk. Cold War and Mid Century Modernist nerd. Prone to inexpert F1 ramblings. Swims. Naps. Bunkers.
@euraknot.bsky.social
Making an audio documentary about Lovett Fort-Whiteman, the only known Black American victim of Stalin's Terror. "Nothing of them is left over except the same ghostly objecthood—a bare gelatinous blob of undifferentiated human labor."--Marx, Capital.
@martinkoenigsberg.bsky.social
History/Politics/Strategic Studies - Sports, Cannabis, Foodie, Travel , TKLittle, Gamer, Modeler, Coach, Parent. Sell Drafting... http://Link-Studios.com
@ianmac.bsky.social
Recovering TV addict, nerdy fan of Dystopian drama. Love a bit of ScandiNoir, Science-Fiction, Aviation, Military History and Cold War Radars & Bunkers. Currently researching the US Cavalry in the Indian Territory and First World War command & control.
@balloons2drones.bsky.social
Exploring the development of air power from the earliest days of flight to now and the future. Editors: Dr Ross Mahoney, Dr Maria Burczynska, Dr Mike Hankins, Dr Brian Laslie, Abby Whitlock and James Jeffries. https://balloonstodrones.com
@jhawn.bsky.social
Doctoral Candidate at LSE International History. I have written a dissertation on the Russian Constitutional Crisis of 1993. God willing it will be a book. I use to live in DC and do public policy, geopolitics, and anti-extremism. Dyslexic Academic. he/him
@conelrad6401240.bsky.social
Cold War weirdness (mostly). More here... https://conelrad.blogspot.com/
@togzhankassenova.bsky.social
Almaty-born, DC-based expert on nuclear politics and financial crime prevention Author of Atomic Steppe: How Kazakhstan Gave Up the Bomb (Stanford University Press, 2022) http://www.togzhankassenova.com
@erikrscott.bsky.social
Historian of Russia, the Caucasus, and the world during the Cold War and after. Editor of The Russian Review. Author of Defectors.
@hoosierhomer.bsky.social
The donuts and beers one. Guardian of the Thermostat. Consumer of Food and Drink. Actually forklift certified. Semper Gumpy. Drunken BBX Advocate.
@rekakrizmanics.bsky.social
Historian, PhD. Akad. Rätin a.Z./Asst. Prof. @unibielefeld Writing a book on women│global│solidarity│state socialism. Posts on events, lit, job calls, and ongoing research. Parttime feminist killjoy, fulltime foodie. Runner, biker, overthinker.
@martindbbrown.bsky.social
Historian, parent, husband, occasional Bondologist #BondianColdWar book https://martindbrown.substack.com/ https://www.routledge.com/The-Bondian-Cold-War-The-Transnational-Legacy-of-a-Cultural-Icon/Brown-Granieri-Blaive/p/book/9780367569365
@radchenko.bsky.social
Historian of the Cold War and after. Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor, Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs, Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies. The author of “To Run the World.”
@dankaszeta.bsky.social
Londoner. CBRN expert, particularly nerve agents. Freeman of the City of London. Liveryman. "Legal Juggernaut". Anglican. Ex Verger. Author. Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Scourge of llamas. Former US Army. Former USSS. #NAFO Fella
@wellerstein.bsky.social
Historian of science, technology, secrecy, and nukes. Professor. Creator of NUKEMAP. Author of RESTRICTED DATA. New book coming out in 2025 on Truman and the bomb. Working on a video game. Blogging at https://doomsdaymachines.net
@nuclearanthro.bsky.social
Anthro PhD Candidate. nukes, cats, semiotics, FOIA, existential threats, heritage, nationalism, secrecy, etc. gonzo journo QUEER RT/Fave/etc ≠agree he/him http://patreon.com/nuclearanthro http://paypal.me/nuclearanthro https://osf.io/46sfd/
@atomicanalyst.bsky.social
Editor/Co-author, “Atomic Audit: The Costs and Consequences of US Nuclear Weapons Since 1940” • I write primarily about nuclear weapons (including history, costs, accidents, and policy), and the Presidential Emergency Satchel (aka the nuclear “Football”).
@coldwarhost.bsky.social
Host of the Cold War Channel in YouTube. Independent Historian 20th Century, military, and Soviet and Post-Soviet spaces. Lifetime Spurs sufferer/supporter. He/him History exists in shades of grey and yet so many seek only black or whit