tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259082628352435132.post2438763879303301213..comments2023-11-05T01:33:49.683-07:00Comments on from Russia with love: June 1941: Blitzkrieg Eastward falls throughlastochkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03693705381682951810noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259082628352435132.post-77510173226350963142009-06-24T09:42:53.482-07:002009-06-24T09:42:53.482-07:00Well, of course the Cold War led to a rather inter...Well, of course the Cold War led to a rather interesting "rewriting" of history on both sides of the "iron curtain".<br /><br />I recently had a discussion with a friend who was telling me about her daughter's final history paper in high school. Of course it was about the cold war, and of course, her daughter having been born after the cold war was over, had a very different take on those decades than the one my generation was given as history. And of course we saw a radical change in the history of western/ Soviet relations, after WWII was over, as compare to before it occured. <br /><br />Many Americans who were raised on the concept of the Soviets being western allies DURING WWII were suddenly subject to the trials of the McCarthy era for having been members of organizations that they were actually encouraged to be members in at the time. This rewriting of history had catastrophic effects on the careers and lives of many, on both sides, as history was altered to suit the new political worlds.<br /><br />George Orwell said it best when he said that "He who controls the present, controls the past. He who controls the past, controls the future."Chernevoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10164753602062259638noreply@blogger.com