No, WWII Did Not End The Great Depression

by James Corbett BoilingFrogsPost.com June 18, 2014 The idea that the Great Depression was finally brought to an end by the onset of WWII has been a staple of history textbooks, documentaries and various war propaganda for decades. This myth continues to be...

Cold War 2.0 and the Threat of Nuclear Warfare

As the world’s attention turns to events in eastern Europe, rising tensions between the world’s nuclear superpowers is once again raising the specter of the cold war. And just as in the cold war, this conflict, too, brings with it the prospect of nuclear...