Here is Max Kampelman’s Diary for June 1985: open.substack.com/pub/diaryofm...

“The risk of war can never be zero.” — Paul Nitze America’s Cold Warrior by James Graham Wilson 💥 The movie is fiction. Nitze lived it. 💰 $15.65 (< 1 month of Netflix) amzn.to/49G4ypB%EF%B... #HouseOfDynamite #PaulNitze #AmericaColdWarrior #HistoryMatters #NetflixDeal #ColdWar

Here is my review of #AHouseofDynamite: www.realcleardefense.com/articles/202...

My thoughts on #AHouseofDynamite www.vassar.edu/news/new-thr... (From before seeing the movie, which I have since watched.)

In advance of Netflix’s A House of Dynamite, revisit the real false nuclear alerts of 1979-1980. From FRUS: National Security Policy, 1977–1980 ⬇️ #ColdWar #HouseOfDynamite #FRUS #NuclearHistory #Carter

🧊📈 Cold War Arbitrage How to turn Amazon’s pricing algorithm — and my own book — into a 79% return before October 27. 👇 THREAD 👇

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@bcdreyer.social here is one for you — from the latest #FRUS volume. Arnie Kanter: “a nothing-burger or worse.”

Foreign Relations of the United States, 1989–1992, Volume XXXI, START I, 1989–1991 is out today! Huge congratulations to @jamesgrahamwilson.bsky.social and the rest of the team at the State Department's Office of the Historian. history.state.gov/historicaldo...

New FRUS release! START I, 1989–1991 the FIRST from the administration of George H.W. Bush. history.state.gov/historicaldo...

Thank you!!!

Want to get up to speed on the history of the United States and nuclear arms negotiations during the #ColdWar? #FRUS can help. Here are some key volumes, starting with the #JFK era👇

Our friends at the Office of the Historian have been busy! Out today are three chapters from Foreign Relations of the United States, 1977-1980, Volume XXVII, Western Europe: Canada, West Germany, and the Nordic countries. history.state.gov/historicaldo... #FRUS

More new FRUS! Three chapters of the Western Europe volume from the Carter years are now available, covering Canada, the Federal Republic of Germany, and the Nordics. history.state.gov/historicaldo...

Thank you, Susie!

Really excited to get this #FRUS volume out the door!

New FRUS volume just dropped on SDI and the Reagan administration's strategic modernization program, compiled by @jamesgrahamwilson.bsky.social. history.state.gov/historicaldo...

It's FRUS Friday! NEW: Foreign Relations of the United States, 1981–1988, Volume XLIV, Part 1, National Security Policy, 1985–1988 history.state.gov/historicaldo...

I'm always excited when a new FRUS volume comes out. Here's the latest on National Security Policy in the Reagan Administration, focused on SDI and strategic modernization in 84-88, put together by @jamesgrahamwilson.bsky.social. history.state.gov/historicaldo...

Thank you Susie!!

Here is Maureen Dowd’s Pool Report for July 4, 1991:

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Brian Blessed as Grampy Rabbit is surely the best part of Peppa Pig.

@rjgranieri.bsky.social A remake of this as well! Would be nice.

#2025

I request a remake of this movie

@strombergsteve.bsky.social (I have rediscovered my random assortment of gifs.)

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Here are the late Barry Blechman’s notes from July 1976:

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New episode out for New Books in National Security, part of the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. Join me and @jamesgrahamwilson.bsky.social as we discussed his latest book America's Cold Warrior: Paul Nitze and National Security from Roosevelt to Reagan. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/j...

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He never skipped leg day

Fun for the whole family!

From 40 years ago: Max Kampelman’s diary from his first week as head of Nuclear and Space Talks in Geneva. (I am posting them on a 40-year lag on Substack.)

The Department of State’s Advisory Committee for Historical Diplomatic Documentation will hold a public meeting on March 10, 2025, which attendees are welcome to attend virtually or in person.

Fun for the whole family! #isa2025 @cornellupress.bsky.social