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Cold War Museum - http://www.coldwar.org
Presents essay-like articles, commenting selected events of the Cold War in a narrative, chronological way, accessible through a timeline. Also photo presentations in a museum-like way. |
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Harvard Project on Cold War Studies (HPCWS) - http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hpcws/
Features declassified documents, information about The Journal of Cold War Studies, a digital multimedia archive, and related links. |
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Politics and the English Language - http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/orwell46.htm
An essay by George Orwell in 1946. |
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The Diefenbunker - Canada's Cold War Museum - http://www.diefenbunker.ca
The Diefenbunker was built in 1959-61 to house Canadian leaders during a nuclear attack but now serves as Canada's Cold War Museum. Includes Diefenbunker history, facts, virtual tour, and trivia. |
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Soviet Archives: Entrance Room - http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/soviet.exhibit/entrance.html
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. |
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A Bipolar World - The Cold War - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook46.html#The%20Cold%20War
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. |
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Cold War: Postwar Estrangement - http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/soviet.exhibit/coldwar.html
A historical exhibit of contentious Soviet-American relations before and during the Cold War. Includes links to Russian language documents relating the Soviet views of the Cold War. |
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Political Writings of George Orwell - http://www.resort.com/~prime8/Orwell/
Essays, newspaper columns, letters and editorials from 1943 - 1947. |
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Cold War Project - http://www.videofact.com/coldwar.htm
A miscellaneous collection of information, documents and photographs. Produced by Videofact |
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Instruments of Statecraft - http://www.statecraft.org/
Study of U.S. guerilla warfare, counter insurgency, and counter terrorism, from 1940 to 1990. |
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The National Archives Learning Curve | Cold War - http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/coldwar/
Narrative answers to the most common questions of the Cold War, why did it start, who started it; how the common believes are reflected in what really happened. |
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Notes on Nationalism - http://www.resort.com/~prime8/Orwell/nationalism.html
An essay by George Orwell in 1945. |
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A Secret Landscape - http://coldwar-c4i.net/
National-security Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) infrastructure. Focuses on ad hoc C4I sites. |
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Stanislav Petrov Averts a Worldwide Nuclear War - Bright Star Sound - http://www.brightstarsound.com
The story of Stanislav Petrov, a Russian officer whose refusal to launch a nuclear strike, in response to a false report of a US attack, averted a nuclear war in 1983. |
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The Flying Crowbar - http://www.merkle.com/pluto/pluto.html
At the dawn of the atomic age, scientists began work on what might have been the nastiest weapon ever conceived. |
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Thaw in the Cold War: Eisenhower and Khrushchev at Gettysburg - http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/29ike/29ike.htm
Information on a 1959 Soviet-American summit and how President Eisenhower's brand of diplomacy led to a temporary easing of Cold War tensions. Includes documents from the meeting, a small image gallery, and links to further sources. |
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War of Ideas: A History of the Cold War - http://library.thinkquest.org/10826/mainpg.htm
Includes biographies of the principal Cold Warriors in the West and East, detailed reports on the different facets of the Cold War, a chronology of major Cold War events, and links to external resources. Also has a Cold War game and a trivia section. |
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When the Iron Curtain Fell: The Fall of Communism in Russia and East Europe - http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Column/5655/COMHOME.html
History of the Cold War that discusses the origins of Communist rule and Stalin's dictatorship, the American response to the Communist challenge, the fall of the communism in East Europe. Includes an image archive, timeline, and interviews. |
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Grenzer.com - http://www.grenzer.com/
A historical survey of East German and US border operations along the Iron Curtain from 1945-1989. Includes chronology, technology and operations, review of units and guards, and submitted war stories. |
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Cold War at a Glance - http://www.geocities.com/cold_war_at_a_glance/
Lists of events and incidents organised in timeline and region. |