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Inside the Cold War mind

Martin Sixsmith explores the competing national psyches of Russia and America, and a world divided between their irreconcilable visions of human nature.

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Does mass media pave the way to fascism?

In the aftermath of World War II, psychoanalysts found the psychological roots of authoritarianism closer to home than was comfortable.

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Spanish flu and the depiction of disease

The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 killed many millions more than World War I did. Find out why contemporary artistic depictions of its devastating impact are so rare.

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Fake news and the flu

Discover how history shows that fake news could play a deadly role – by generating potentially lethal misinformation during a future pandemic.

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  • World War One: women motor ambulance drivers. Photograph, 1916.
  • With the Scottish nurses in Roumania / by Yvonne Fitzroy.
  • World War One: motor ambulances with their women drivers at Etaples. Photograph, 1918.
  • With the Scottish nurses in Roumania / by Yvonne Fitzroy.
  • The Times history of the war.
  • The captain of a ship is looking through a telescope at an approaching hurricane on which is inscribed 'Talks' ; a naval officer is standing beside him. Drawing by A.G. Racey, 191-.
  • The Times history of the war.
  • World War I: improvised accommodation for wounded in a man of war. Oil painting by Godfrey Jervis Gordon ("Jan Gordon").
  • The Times history of the war.
  • World War I: shipwrecked sailors and soldiers reaching land. Lithograph by Frank Brangwyn.
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