Cold War Aficionado Mugs

Cold war.

American and Russian foreign policy?

"Mr Gorbachev, open this gate!"

The new cold war.

Old cold warriors home: 'By god, I'll tell you who was soft on communism. . .'

Yuri Andropov

Aleksei Kosygin

Stalin Legacy

"I hear Communism is dead."

"You'll find everything here, Comrade—your American passport, Social Security number, birth certificate, driver's license, and Diners' Club card."

"I should now like to make a few anti-Soviet remarks."

Deadlock In Moscow: The General Secretary Insists That Mrs. Gorbachev Write a Nice Thank-You Note to Mrs. Reagan.

Sir Winston Churchill

'I think I'll stay in and try to catch up on my reading.'

"Where is everyone?" "You had 'everyone' killed." "Stalin family reunion"

Harry S. Truman

"I'm a common dolphin, I swim the west coast of Scotland foraging for fish and squid."

The Colonel reading Clive's letters to the ladies of the regiment.

'Walter isn't truly happy unless he's bombing some country.'

Glasnost

D-Day landings of walking fish.

"What do you suppose Ken Burns will have to say about all this in 30 years?"

Ad Valorem

Alexei Kosygin

'I never rule out any negotiating tool!'

'A lot of successful politicians opposed the Vietnam war, Senator, but if you were actually a MEMBER of the Viet Cong....'

Thaddeus was a noble, well respected horse, who was known for his loyalty and never asking 'Are We There Yet?'"

Dearest Eleanor, as our country fights this great battle of brother against brother, my sincerest hope is that future controversies will be resolved not with bloodshed but with sarcasm and aimless yelling on an invisible network of networks.

Donald Rumsfeld

Siege of Charleston - Sinking of Monitor USS Weehawken in High Seas

'Not another war film.'

Lincoln's Gettysburg address.

"It's soon to be listed in the National Register of Historic Military Holes in the Ground."

''Return to Sender'...? Dang! - I brought the wrong ENVELOPE!'

"Well, now that you mention it, my philosophy has ALWAYS been to live every day as if it was my last."