Alternate Timelines

Scenarios about 'Cold War culture'

Cold War culture refers to the social, artistic, and ideological expressions that emerged during the geopolitical rivalry between the United States and Soviet Union from 1947-1991. It encompasses everything from spy fiction and nuclear anxiety in media to the contrasting lifestyles, consumer habits, and propaganda that defined both Western and Eastern bloc societies. This cultural dimension of the Cold War reveals how international tensions permeated everyday life, entertainment, and artistic expression while shaping collective fears, national identities, and popular imagination.

What If The Beat Generation Never Emerged?

Exploring the alternate timeline where the influential literary and cultural movement known as the Beat Generation failed to coalesce in post-WWII America, dramatically altering the trajectory of counterculture, literature, and social movements throughout the latter half of the 20th century.