Jon Wiener

University of California, Irvine

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Professor of History at UC Irvine and author of How We Forgot the Cold War: A Historical Journey across America

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At the end of the Cold War, it would have been inconceivable for an American television series to make heroes of Soviet spies.

Nostalgia for the Days of the Cold War

At the end of the Cold War, it would have been inconceivable for an American television series to make heroes of Soviet spies.

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