Nuclear Files Explore the Nuclear Age, and its political and ethical dilemmas. http: //nuclearfiles.org/
U-2 Documents In May 1960, an American U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union and its pilot captured. This site provides American and Soviet telegrams, memorandums, and other documents related to the U-2 Incident. Includes background notes. http: //fas.org/irp/imint/doc_u2/index.html
Military Secrets of Ussuriysiy Taiga The story of several American B-29 bombers shot down in the Soviet Far East in the early 1950s and the internment of the air crews in the Soviet Union. http: //vladivostok.com/rus_mag/eng/N_2/1PILOT.HTM
The Origins of the Cold War Discusses the origins of the cold war in the years immediately following World War Two, with links to historical documents. From the Lectures on 20th Century Europe series by Steven Kreis. http: //pagesz.net/~stevek/europe/lecture14.htm...
Cold War Museum Virtual museum of Cold War events from 1945 to 1990. Exhibits on Berlin airlift, first Soviet A-bomb, Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, space and arms races, Korean and Vietnam wars, fall of the Berlin Wall, and the collapse of Communism. http: //coldwar.org/
Internet Modern History Sourcebook: A Bipolar World A discussion of the bipolarization of global politics caused by the Cold War. Provides links to documents on the origins of the Cold War, the Berlin Crises, the Cuban Crises, periods of East-West detente, and information on Cold War leaders. http: //fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook46.html...
Cold War Bibliography Bibliographies on Cold War topics such as the institutions, economic impact, international aspects, and cultural effects of the Cold War. Includes information on films and recent books on the Cold War. http: //cmu.edu/coldwar/bibl.html
When the Iron Curtain Fell: The Fall of Communism in Russia and East Europe History of the Cold War that discusses the origins of Communist rule and Stalin's dictatorship, the American response to the Communist challenge, the the fall of the communism in East Europe. Includes an image archive, timeline, and interviews. http: //geocities.com/Athens/Column/5655/COMHOM...
Soviet Archives: Entrance Room An online exhibit on how Soviet-American relations were conducted between the two governments and the two societies. Also discusses inner workings of the Soviet system of government. http: //metalab.unc.edu/expo/soviet.exhibit/entranc...
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