Listen to archival audio from a few prominent Cold War figures.
Henry Kissinger, January 13th , 1958
Before serving as Secretary of State of the United States from 1973 to 1977, Henry Kissinger was a member of the Faculty of Harvard University, in the Department of Government and at the Center for International Affairs, from 1954 until 1971. Listen to an excerpt from an address he gave about US relations with the Soviet Union in 1958.
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Dag Hammarskjöld , October 24th , 1960
Remarks from Dag Hammarskjöld , Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1953 until 1961, on the fifteenth anniversary of the UN.
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Ronald Reagan, March 8 th , 1983
Listen to an excerpt of Ronald Reagan's “Evil Empire” speech, delivered at the Annual Convention of the National Association of Evangelicals on March 8th , 1983 in Orlando , FL.
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Henry Kissinger, January 13th , 1958
Before serving as Secretary of State of the United States from 1973 to 1977, Henry Kissinger was a member of the Faculty of Harvard University, in the Department of Government and at the Center for International Affairs, from 1954 until 1971. Listen to an excerpt from an address he gave about US relations with the Soviet Union in 1958.
» Listen
Dag Hammarskjöld , October 24th , 1960
Remarks from Dag Hammarskjöld , Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1953 until 1961, on the fifteenth anniversary of the UN.
» Listen
Ronald Reagan, March 8 th , 1983
Listen to an excerpt of Ronald Reagan's “Evil Empire” speech, delivered at the Annual Convention of the National Association of Evangelicals on March 8th , 1983 in Orlando , FL.
» Listen
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