Cold War

 

Internet Resources

 

The Harvard Project on Cold War Studies Guide to Cold War Studies Resources Online

Selected English-language sources for internet research on the Cold War.

 

Cold War Chronology of Significant Events

 

The Cold War Experience

There are edited transcripts of live Cold War chats conducted by C.N.N. staff that correspond with a televised series on the Cold War.

 

Journal of Cold War Studies

Assorted articles published in this journal which is maintained by the Harvard Project on Cold War Studies.

 

The Cold War International History Project

The Cold War International History Project disseminates new information and perspectives on the history of the Cold War, in particular new findings from previously inaccessible sources from the former Communist world.

 

An Introduction to the Cuban Missile Crisis

From the National Security Archive and George Washington University

 

Cold War Leftovers

Started in 1998, this project is dedicated to recording the engineering and technological artifacts left behind by one of the most significant periods in American history.

 

What Uncle Sam Really Wants

Contains the text of a Noam Chromsky article on the Cold War

 

The Cold War Museum

Includes access to Internet resources on the following topics related to the Cold War: government, espionage, Cold War Memorials, and the Cold War in the Media

 

Cold War Event Timeline, 1940-2000

 

A Decade of American Foreign Policy - Basic Documents 1941-1949

Maintained by the Avalon Project at Yale Law School

 

Balkan Politics During the Cold War

This link provides the text of a larger web site, entitled the Twenty-Five Lectures on Modern Balkan History (The Balkans in the Age of Nationalism).

 

Cold War Policies, A Chronology From 1945-1991

 

Cold War International History Project

Features sections on the following events: The Korean War, The 1956 Polish and Hungarian Crises, The Cuban Missile Crises, The 1980-81 Polish Crisis, The Soviet Invasion in Afghanistan, and the end of the Cold War.

 

The United Kingdom National Archives Cold War History web site

 

Excerpts from William Blum's book, Killing Hope.

 

Angola 1975-1980s

Brazil 1961-1964

Bulgaria 1990 / Albania 1991

Cambodia 1955-1973

Chile 1964-1973

Congo 1960-1964

Cuba 1959-1980s

Dominican Republic 1960-1966

East Timor 1975

Ecuador 1960-1963

El Salvador 1980-1994

Greece 1964-1974

Grenada 1979-1984

Guatemala 1953-1954

Guatemala 1962-1980s

Haiti 1986-1994

Indonesia 1957-1958

Indonesia 1965

Iran 1953

Iraq 1990-1991

Italy 1947-1948

Laos 1957-1973

Nicaragua 1981-1990

Uruguay 1964-1970

Zaire 1975-1978