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Cold War Documents & Websites
Revelations from the Russian Archives
The Soviet Union and the United States (Library of Congress)
Cold War
BBC. The Korean War 1950-53; Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis 1962; Weapons of the Cold War; The Fall of the Soviet Union 1985 - 1991
Cold War: Declassified
The National Security Archive/CNN
Cold War History: Wilson Center Digital Archives:
The Cold War International History Project supports the full and prompt release of historical materials by governments on all sides of the Cold War. Through an award winning Digital Archive, the Project allows scholars, journalists, students, and the interested public to reassess the Cold War and its many contemporary legacies. It is part of the Wilson Center's History and Public Policy Program.
Cold War
History Channel. Videos, Events, Photographs
Cold War International History Project: Wilson Center
Scroll down for Primary Sources. See "Sports in the Cold War Era"
Postwar America: 1945 - 1960: Primary Sources
Digital History. Examines the origins of the Cold War; the implementation of the Containment policy; the Korean War; and fear of Communist subversion at home. It also traces the beginnings of the Civil Rights movement; the emergence of youth culture; and postwar cultural critics, including the Beats.
DOE Openness: Human Radiation Experiment Roadmap to the Project
In February 1995, the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Human Radiation Experiments published Human Radiation Experiments: The Department of Energy Roadmap to the Story and Records ("The DOE Roadmap"). The Roadmap summarizes the Department's search for records about government conducted or sponsored Cold War human radiation experiments.
Modern History Sourcebook: A Bipolar World
Fordham University. All primary sources.
World Unity
The United Nations Organization
Human Rights: Universal Ideals or a Western Impositions?
The Cold War
Beginnings
Berlin Crises
Cuban Crises
Cold Warriors
Various Detentes
Literary Reflections
