In this blog, Doubravka Olšáková introduces her new article in Environment and History, From Eradication to Adaptation: The Colorado Potato Beetle in Cold War Czechoslovakia (online first 23 October 2026). In 1950s Cold War propaganda, the Colorado potato beetle took on a succession of sinister identities. It appeared as a Wall Street imperialist, a ruthless … More When Socialism Took Orders from an Insect