My Articles – Lee J. Russell, Author

Cold War – How The Cold War Nuclear Arms Race Affected The World

It has been a while since I posted on my blog. In the background I’ve been working on my ‘Lissa Blackwood’ action-thriller series, preparing these articles about the Cold War for publication and considering how I want my website to look in 2023. I hope you like the new-look banner! As time passes we areContinue reading “Cold War – How The Cold War Nuclear Arms Race Affected The World”

We Are Already in a New Cold War…

One of the topics I am exploring in my (soon to be published) series of Cold War articles is the question “Are we already in a New Cold War?” That article was drafted between May – September 2020, but recent news about the expansion of Chinese ICBM silos has pushed the topic on. I believeContinue reading “We Are Already in a New Cold War…”

‘Sinister yet pathetic’: how the UK was primed for nuclear war | Books | The Guardian

I’m very interested in how propaganda was (and still is) used to influence the general population to accept nuclear weapons, even though it quickly became clear that nuclear war was not survivable in the hydrogen-bomb era. Taras Young’s “Nuclear War in the UK” is on my reading list for 2021. In the meantime, this shortContinue reading “‘Sinister yet pathetic’: how the UK was primed for nuclear war | Books | The Guardian”

Cold War memories…

I have very strong memories of the closing days of the Cold War which often resonate in my writing. The invention of the internet and social media means that today I can connect with people from all around the world who have an interest in Cold War history, and in many cases who also retainContinue reading “Cold War memories…”