Month: November 2013

The Soviet Union efforts at rapid industrialization and technological advancement from the announcement of the First Five-Year Plan in 1929 through the Cold War space race of the 1960’s did make great strides towards catching up to the rapidly evolving Continue reading Reviving Russia: It’s not Rocket Science, Or Is It?→

Throughout the 1940’s and 50’s the United States and Russia were in a constant battle to outpace each other in the development of military armaments.  With the ever-present tension, both nations felt that war could be looming on the horizon Continue reading Bombs Away→