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Russia and Eastern Europe

The American "Invasion" of Russia  

The Internet: A Cold War Baby

Kennedy's Speech to the Nation

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General Resources

The Cuban Missile Crisis

The Arms & Space Race

The Berlin Wall

The Korean War

The Vietnam War

Fidel Castro and Nikita Khrushchev
"Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you. "
--Nikita Khrushcev

Push to hear John F. Kennedy's speech to the nation during the Cuban Missile Crisis

General Resources

Cold War International History Project Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars - excellent source of documents

Cold War Museum

The Chairman Smiles propaganda posters from Cuba, the Soviet Union and China

Revelations From the Russian Archives Library of Congress - hitherto secret information about Soviet Russia, released by Russia since the end of the cold war.

Cold War Maps

Cold War Sources Hanover College Texts

The Cold War Chronology North Park University - a useful detailed chronology

Cold War: Post-war Estrangement Soviet Archives at the Library of Congress

CNN Cold War

The Truman Doctrine Project Whistlestop Harry S. Truman Digital Archives

Marshall Plan Project Whistlestop Harry S. Truman Digital Archives

The Rosenbergs' Trial Famous American Trials

The Rosenberg Communiques Web Review

Story of Alger Hiss New York Times 1948

Alger Hiss Obituary Time Magazine

Joseph McCarthy audio clips - hear the voice of the communist hunter in hearings

Red Scare Image Database Newman Library, Baruch College

The Cold War and the Red Scare University of Washington curriculum project

Cold War Archives Central European University

Beginnings of the Cold War The Eisenhower Era, Disney Productions

Soviet Archives Library of Congress exhibit

The Cold War Primary Sources Longman American History Online

Vietnam & Cuban Crisis Primary Sources Longman American History Online

Vietnam War 

The Gulf of Tonkin Incident North Park University

Vietnam Yesterday and Today

Korean War

Korean War Canadian Forces College

Korean War Documents a good resource for documents relating to the Korean War

The Cuban Missile Crisis

The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962  A National Security Archive Exhibit - a private nonprofit which collects and publishes documents declassified by the Freedom of Information Act requests

Synopsis of the Cuban Missile Crisis National Security Agency

14 Days in October: the Cuban Missile Crisis a ThinkQuest project

The Cuban Missile Crisis North Park University

Kennedy Audio Tapes tapes of White House conversations during the Cuban Missile Crisis

NSA and the Cuban Missile Crisis Document Archive

JFK Response to the Nation text of the speech

Foreign Relations of the United States Cuba 1961-1963 Official documents relating to the Cuban Missile Crisis

Archive of Declassified Files on the Cuban Missile Crisis National Security Agency

Fourteen Days in October a Thinkquest Project about the Cuban Missile Crisis - photos and documents - a comprehensive site

The Arms and Space Race

Atomic Bomb Archives Project Whistlestop Harry S. Truman Digital Archives

Atomic Archive includes documents images and maps chronicling the development of the atomic bomb

Race for the Superbomb The American Experience PBS - includes maps, timelines and curriculum materials

Russian Roulette Frontline (PBS) examination of the safety of the Russian nuclear arsenal

The Doomsday Clock Bulletin of Atomic Scientists - our closeness to doomsday as monitored by atomic scientists

Arms Control and International Security U.S. State Department

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency - the treaty itself and other resources 

"A Giant Leap For Mankind" from the Archives of Life Magazine - a photo history of the space race

Space Race Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum exhibit

The successful failure, Apollo XIII, the near disastrous mission dramatized in the film Apollo XIII -  exhibit at  NASA

The Berlin Wall

The Berlin Airlift  Harry S. Truman Digital Archives

The Concrete Curtain German Historical Museum - excellent exhibit on the history of the Berlin Wall

Kennedy and the Berlin Wall "Ich bin ein Berliner" National Archives Kennedy page - documents and audio clips

The Fall of the Berlin Wall North Park University

Did Germany Have a Revolution? AP European History document based question on German unification - includes documents such as maps and charts