Cold War: a Transnational Approach to a Global Heritage

Schofield, John; Cocroft, Wayne D; Dobronovskaya, Marina

doi:10.1080/00794236.2021.1896211

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“…Aircraft shelters first appeared in the late 20 th to protect aircrafts against possible hostilities. The Cold War was the reason behind those types of shelters to emerge, especially for military airports [2]. For decades, many composite materials have been used in aircraft shelters industry whereas concrete was the most demanding material that could be used [3].…”

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“…For decades, many composite materials have been used in aircraft shelters industry whereas concrete was the most demanding material that could be used [3]. United States Air Force (USAF) established the first concrete aviation shelter followed by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) concrete aviation shelters [2]. Concrete had made a great revolution in the construction industry, especially in the fortification field since it could be established in any shape and had enhanced mechanical properties [1].…”

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Effect of sustainable/durable composite materials on dynamic performance of aircraft shelters.

Hafez,

Nagy,

Rashad

et al. 2023

J. Phys.: Conf. Ser.

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Aircraft shelter technology has been evolving over years along with the global technological revolution. They first appeared in the 20th century with the main purpose of protecting parked aircraft. Recently, they are considered a globally important topic in the aerospace field, especially for shielding military aircraft. On the other hand, the civil revolution nowadays is extremely unsustainable. The world is facing vital problems due to the massive consumption of non-renewable resources and pollution of the environment and atmosphere. Sustainability development is not an option anymore; it is the only choice to survive. Therefore, there is a demanding need to push the boundaries of sustainability and go through a green revolution by using Eco-friendly materials and searching for alternatives for non-renewable resources. In this study, sustainable composite materials that are probably used as impact shields in aircraft shelters that are cheaper than typical ones were studied. The applicability of utilizing silica fume and steel slag as partial and full replacements for non-renewable resources in the composite mixture was established. Fiberglass and steel meshes were also implemented as reinforcing elements. The performance enhancement of using such materials in composite mixtures was investigated. Results showed that utilizing silica fume and steel slag enhanced the compressive strength of sustainable composite mixtures by about 9.38%. Similarly, superior dynamic performance was achieved by approximately 800% using different reinforcement techniques.

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Effect of sustainable/durable composite materials on dynamic performance of aircraft shelters.

Hafez,

Nagy,

Rashad

et al. 2023

J. Phys.: Conf. Ser.

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“…The Cold War now features in school curricula (Wood 2016), and interest in this aspect of global history can be found in online resources, television, the built environment and elsewhere. Cold War memorialisation and heritage have become topics in their own rights (Cocroft and Thomas 2003;Wiener 2012;Greiner et al 2013;Lowe and Joel 2013;Schofield, Cocroft, and Dobronovskaya 2021).…”

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The Cold War in European museums – filling the ‘empty battlefield’

Alberti

Nehring

2021

International Journal of Heritage Studies

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Recent historical research has analysed the Cold War as an 'imaginary war', an interpretation that poses specific challenges for displaying the conflict in museums. In contrast to well-established representations of the First and Second World Wars in exhibitions, we find that the nature of the Cold War in Europe and the North Atlantic has made it difficult to tell stories of victimhood, heroism and military valour. Moreover, the memory and heritage of the Cold War have often been presented as monolithic and lacking specific chronologies, adding to the difficulty of telling stories through objects. This article explores how selected museums and exhibitions in the UK and Germany have addressed this double challenge. We examine how the conflict is portrayed, how buildings, images, text and artefacts interact in selected museums and exhibitions, and how they generate specific interpretations. We show these interpretations to be diverse and fractured: each museum chose different paths to staging the Cold War. From their comparison, in the context of heritage studies. We make the case for a distinct museology of the Cold War. We argue for a reflective approach that encourages the engagement of museum and heritage professionals with diverse material culture, filling the 'empty battlefield'.

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“…The formulated narratives may often be augmented by reports of still-living eyewitnesses. From available documents, photographs and films, knowledge about the second half of the twentieth century creates an illusion of being nearly complete (Schofield et al 2021, 39–40). The smaller temporal distance diminishes the impression of foreignness which is so frequently experienced when studying long-gone, ancient human societies.…”

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“…Particular examples recently became popular tourist attractions or were turned into museums due to high educational values, meaning to society, or significant influence on local identity (e.g. Fairclough 2007; Hanson 2016b; Kiarszys 2019; Schofield & Cocroft 2007; Schofield et al 2006; 2021). Others were repurposed or simply demolished.…”

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A Nuclear Generator of Clouds: Accidents and Radioactive Contamination Identified on Declassified Satellite Photographs in the Mayak Chemical Combine, Southern Urals

Kiarszys¹

2021

CAJ

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The Mayak Chemical Combine was one of the most secretive places in the Soviet Union. It was built in the southern Urals, close to Kyshtym. The facility produced weapons-grade plutonium and other radioactive isotopes for the Soviet nuclear military programme. Fugitives from behind the Iron Curtain mentioned the site, usually due to accidents and peculiar, unexplained observations. Such reports were often treated in the West as exaggerated or fictional, as they spoke of large-scale disasters, deportations and vast landscape transformations. This paper aims to present the research potential of declassified Cold War intelligence records for archaeological landscape studies of off-limits military sites. To outline a somewhat broader perspective, I will combine those sources with contemporary historical knowledge and modern remote sensing data. The analysis will be focused on the Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] satellite imagery (CORONA and GAMBIT) from the 1960s to the beginning of the 1970s. The discussed sources recorded outcomes of nuclear disasters, hundreds of square kilometres of uninhabited wasteland, abandoned villages, disappearing lakes, dying forests, diverted rivers, and other features related to this clandestine plutonium facility.

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Cold War: a Transnational Approach to a Global Heritage

Cited by 8 publications

References 13 publications

Effect of sustainable/durable composite materials on dynamic performance of aircraft shelters.

Effect of sustainable/durable composite materials on dynamic performance of aircraft shelters.

The Cold War in European museums – filling the ‘empty battlefield’

A Nuclear Generator of Clouds: Accidents and Radioactive Contamination Identified on Declassified Satellite Photographs in the Mayak Chemical Combine, Southern Urals

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