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1. Cold War Exile: The Unclosed Case of Maurice Halperin
   In 1953, Maurice Halperin was called before the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee to defend himself on charges of espionage. The Cold War was in full force and McCarthyism was at its peak. Caught up in the rapids of history, Halperin's life spun out of control.
   http: //system.missouri.edu/upress/spring1995/k...
   
   
2. DOE Openness: Human Radiation Experiments
   The Office of Human Radiation Experiments, established in March 1994, leads the Department of Energy's efforts to tell the agency's Cold War story of radiation research using human subjects.
   http: //ohre.doe.gov/
   
   
3. Senator Joseph McCarthy -- A Multimedia Celebration
   A multimedia exhibit on Senator Joseph McCarthy and McCarthyism. Includes video and sound files about McCarthy's anti-communist accusations and his attackers' responses.
   http: //webcorp.com/mccarthy/mccarthypage.htm
   
   
4. Cold War: Politics and Social Attitudes
   A discussion of the Cold War and its impact in shaping American politics and policy and its effects on American society and social attitudes.
   http: //library.thinkquest.org/3266/index.html
   
   
5. The Atomic Cafe
   An article on the production of a documentary about the atomic weapons and the Cold War.
   http: //publicshelter.com/main/tac.html
   
   
6. CIA and the Vietnam Policymakers: Three Episodes 1962-1968
   Evaluates the role of American intelligence in the decision to escalate the American role in the Vietnam conflict, one of the actual wars fought by Americans during the Cold War. Covers the period from 1961 to 1968.
   http: //cia.gov/csi/books/vietnam/index.html
   
   
7. Kennan's Long Telegram 1946
   The single document that best illustrated American anti-communism and general suspicion of Soviet aspirations.
   http: //pagesz.net/~stevek/europe/kennan.html
   
   
8. The Cold War and Red Scare in Washington State
   To sense the emotional bite of the Communist issue and to understand both how it affected life for those who ran afoul of it and how it shaped the nation's political culture, it is useful to look at specific cases. These documents allow the exploration of such specific cases.
   http: //washington.edu/uwired/outreach/cspn/cur...
   
   
9. North American Air Defense Online Museum
   A tribute to air defense radar stations during the Cold War, and the men and women who manned these usually remote sites. Maintained by USAF veterans.
   http: //bwcinet.com/acwrons/
   
   

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