1947–1991 tension between the Soviet Union and the United States and their respective allies

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China: protection against nuclear, chemical and germ warfare. Colour lithographs, 1971.

Hygiene measures in civil defence against radioactive, chemical and biological warfare. Colour lithograph, ca. 1984.

Science, (anti-) communism and diplomacy : the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs in the early Cold War / edited by Alison Kraft, Carola Sachse.

Under the radar : cancer and the cold war / Ellen Leopold.

Attack warning red! : how Britain prepared for nuclear war / Julie McDowall.

Freedom's laboratory : the Cold War struggle for the soul of science / Audra J. Wolfe.

Nervous systems : brain science in the early Cold War / Andreas Killen.

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Cold War

Images from the collections

Images referencing Cold War

Works from the collections

Science, (anti-) communism and diplomacy : the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs in the early Cold War / edited by Alison Kraft, Carola Sachse.

Under the radar : cancer and the cold war / Ellen Leopold.

Attack warning red! : how Britain prepared for nuclear war / Julie McDowall.

Freedom's laboratory : the Cold War struggle for the soul of science / Audra J. Wolfe.

Nervous systems : brain science in the early Cold War / Andreas Killen.

Cold War

Images from the collections

Images referencing Cold War

Works from the collections

Science, (anti-) communism and diplomacy : the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs in the early Cold War / edited by Alison Kraft, Carola Sachse.

Under the radar : cancer and the cold war / Ellen Leopold.

Attack warning red! : how Britain prepared for nuclear war / Julie McDowall.

Freedom's laboratory : the Cold War struggle for the soul of science / Audra J. Wolfe.

Nervous systems : brain science in the early Cold War / Andreas Killen.

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