30 photos that tell the story of Steve McFadden’s crucial (if unlikely) role in the Cold War
McFadden’s Cold War is a superb account on Twitter that takes the unlikely position of imagining Steve McFadden’s role within the Cold War.
Here’s 30 of their best:
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A poignant Cold War moment. pic.twitter.com/3VZ41uK6XD
— McFadden's Cold War (@Coldwar_Steve) September 24, 2016
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Lenin's embalmed body remains on display at his mausoleum at the Kremlin, Moscow. pic.twitter.com/tPlmzR0SeY
— McFadden's Cold War (@Coldwar_Steve) July 20, 2016
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There were many iconic photographs taken on the day the wall came down, but perhaps none as poignant as this. pic.twitter.com/1BwOfhv8oi
— McFadden's Cold War (@Coldwar_Steve) July 11, 2016
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Construction of the Berlin Wall. August 1961. pic.twitter.com/qizYp2nNPh
— McFadden's Cold War (@Coldwar_Steve) June 30, 2016
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Yakovlev Yak 3 Soviet fighter aircraft. pic.twitter.com/QIUYz7x49d
— McFadden's Cold War (@Coldwar_Steve) July 2, 2016
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The United States began using the Marshall Islands as a nuclear bomb testing site in 1946. pic.twitter.com/nzLuoluTWo
— McFadden's Cold War (@Coldwar_Steve) July 18, 2016
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Reagan and Nancy Reagan watching a film in the White House Theatre. February 1986. pic.twitter.com/4LC9Uz8T9D
— McFadden's Cold War (@Coldwar_Steve) December 10, 2016
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Reagan drafting his inaugural address on yellow paper. January 1981. pic.twitter.com/Aq8n6H4ru8
— McFadden's Cold War (@Coldwar_Steve) July 5, 2016
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— McFadden's Cold War (@Coldwar_Steve) July 28, 2016
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East vs West or Man against Man? pic.twitter.com/RAh5jKda3G
— McFadden's Cold War (@Coldwar_Steve) June 30, 2016
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1958 – Four years before Cuban Missile Crisis, then Senator Kennedy and wife Jackie, with baby daughter Caroline. pic.twitter.com/dH8V1xSFSK
— McFadden's Cold War (@Coldwar_Steve) July 29, 2016
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Leonid Brezhnev, presided over the USSR from 1964 until his death in 1982. pic.twitter.com/I6gVwWjT0Z
— McFadden's Cold War (@Coldwar_Steve) July 6, 2016
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This pic from 75, with Brezhnev, Andropov, Chernenko & Koysygin, highlights the ageing nature of Soviet leadership pic.twitter.com/9ierxkUkDu
— McFadden's Cold War (@Coldwar_Steve) July 8, 2016
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JFK sailing. pic.twitter.com/uu6eRkH0dp
— McFadden's Cold War (@Coldwar_Steve) October 2, 2016
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The Reagan Cabinet of 1985. White House. pic.twitter.com/HHHzLZvetW
— McFadden's Cold War (@Coldwar_Steve) June 30, 2016
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21st June 1988 – Gorby holding aloft his voting mandate. Kremlin Palace of Congress, Moscow. pic.twitter.com/JBWUOoQVjH
— McFadden's Cold War (@Coldwar_Steve) November 2, 2016
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Breshchev – Workers Day Parade. Red Square. pic.twitter.com/M7FgxPM5KZ
— McFadden's Cold War (@Coldwar_Steve) August 9, 2016
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Khrushchev and Eisenhower address the crowds, shortly after the Soviet Premier's arrival on US soil. September 1959. pic.twitter.com/rzFu8df0Es
— McFadden's Cold War (@Coldwar_Steve) September 27, 2016
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Reagan and Thatcher, often described as 'ideological soul-mates' and such like. pic.twitter.com/YFlu8wCgQV
— McFadden's Cold War (@Coldwar_Steve) July 9, 2016
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The four summits of Reagan and Gorbachev told the tale of an evolving relationship between the two leaders. pic.twitter.com/8tX3wh7Fns
— McFadden's Cold War (@Coldwar_Steve) July 7, 2016
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Reagan gives the thumbs up before meeting with Gorbachev at Fleur D'Eau, during the Geneva Summit. November 1985. pic.twitter.com/XeH5ieA99K
— McFadden's Cold War (@Coldwar_Steve) October 18, 2016
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A Komi boy helps to carry firewood in Yamal, Northwest Siberia. pic.twitter.com/g3qkdbMiaT
— McFadden's Cold War (@Coldwar_Steve) October 31, 2016
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Two West Berlin girls chat to their Grandparents, who are in the window of their home in the Eastern sector. pic.twitter.com/PpTiCFUoMS
— McFadden's Cold War (@Coldwar_Steve) July 24, 2016
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1963. After eight years of difficult negotiations, the USA, UK and USSR signed the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. pic.twitter.com/dbsiWKZ0UT
— McFadden's Cold War (@Coldwar_Steve) July 7, 2016
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Trabants leading the way in an East German May Day Parade. pic.twitter.com/Ld1HUR67VR
— McFadden's Cold War (@Coldwar_Steve) November 19, 2016
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Reagan talks with Thatcher and other world leaders,during a Bilateral meeting at Hotel Cipriani in Venice, June 1987 pic.twitter.com/8gnpmiGj5M
— McFadden's Cold War (@Coldwar_Steve) December 1, 2016
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Nixon, Kissinger, Laird, and Wheeler having lunch at the Pentagon before SIOP briefing, 27 January 1969. pic.twitter.com/T3INZnWSpr
— McFadden's Cold War (@Coldwar_Steve) October 4, 2016
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The Physical Culture Parade, elevated strong, physically fit workers, over weaker, less attractive Soviet citizens. pic.twitter.com/AyCUii9bLx
— McFadden's Cold War (@Coldwar_Steve) July 8, 2016
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The Fords and the Nixons walk across the White House lawn to the presidential helicopter Marine One (August 9, 1974) pic.twitter.com/lGzY8RUTSQ
— McFadden's Cold War (@Coldwar_Steve) July 1, 2016
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Reagan being briefed by National Security Council staff on the Libya air strike. 15th April 1986. pic.twitter.com/42u5jFMitk
— McFadden's Cold War (@Coldwar_Steve) December 10, 2016
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