1.0Echoes of the Steppehttps://courses.bowdoin.edu/echoes-of-the-steppeSeth Gorelikhttps://courses.bowdoin.edu/echoes-of-the-steppe/author/sgorelik/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Obz8cWlOwH"><a href="https://courses.bowdoin.edu/echoes-of-the-steppe/2023/07/09/why-kazakhstan/">Why the Kazakh Steppe Became the Crucible of Soviet Nuclear Testing</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://courses.bowdoin.edu/echoes-of-the-steppe/2023/07/09/why-kazakhstan/embed/#?secret=Obz8cWlOwH" width="600" height="338" title="“Why the Kazakh Steppe Became the Crucible of Soviet Nuclear Testing” — Echoes of the Steppe" data-secret="Obz8cWlOwH" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://courses.bowdoin.edu/echoes-of-the-steppe/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> https://courses.bowdoin.edu/echoes-of-the-steppe/wp-content/uploads/sites/642/2023/07/GettyImages-878956478.jpeg1400630The Cold War is often referred to as a bloodless conflict. Although it was characterized by an intensive arms race, neither superpower used its massive nuclear arsenal to attack the other. Despite this fortunate outcome, recent scholarship has emphasized that there were, in fact, victims.,, Hundreds of thousands of citizens around the world suffered exposure […]