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This subcategory contains 37 links "The Cold War was more than the product of post-World War II tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union argues John Lewis Gaddis, Robert A. Lovett Professor of History at Yale University. Rather, it was the product of events extending all the way back to the 1830s, when Alexis de Tocqueville predicted that Russia and the United States would become the world’s foremost powers. In this lecture, Gaddis examines U.S.-Soviet relations from the nineteenth century through the end of World War II, tracing the myriad causes of the Cold War." "Fifty years later people still ask the question about Alger Hiss: Was he or wasn't he a Communist spy? By James Thomas Gay." The story of the Rosenbergs. Crime Library. On the Red scare in the 1950s, the attack on the movie industry. Revised 2-24-2000)"The Cold War has generated an enormous body of scholarship. Here we have organized some of it under several conceptual headings. Teachers seeking to add Cold War issues (especially related to science & technology) to their repertoires and young scholars exploring new research areas are encouraged to see the annotated bibliography sections first. In them we provide summaries of the top scholarship in the field." David Price's metasite for links. From the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Important links Article by David Quick Outline with links. Report on the Department of Defense Legacy Cold War Project Links organized by years. Law passed to counter subversion. However, it tried to force conformity of thought. "What exactly is a cold war? Well, according to the "Second College Edition of The American Heritage Dictionary" a cold war is a state of political tension and rivalry between nations, stopping short of actual full scale war.We're not going to debate that unprecise technical garble filled, and wordy definition of a cold war. What we wish to do is educate people about the politics and social attitudes of the cold war." PBS Website about the race to create a bomb more powerful than the ones dropped on Japan. A Trial Account by Douglas Linder. Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were found guilty of espionage. Born in England, William A. Fisher, his birth name, spied on Britain and the United States for the USSR. Sound and video files. The Fight For America: Senator Joseph McCarthy By Jesse Friedman, 5th Revision, 3rd Edition. McCarthy was a demagogue who destroyed reputations. Visions of North-South Conflict during the Algerian War for Independence by MATTHEW CONNELLY " About This Lesson This lesson describes how President Eisenhower's personal diplomacy at his Gettysburg farm helped ease the tensions of the Cold War." From the USAF Museum. From the ALA/ACRL/Anthropology & Sociology Section Annual Conference Program, San Francisco, CA June 29, 1997 Did the Cold War begin at the Yalta Conference in 1945? Interactive. "The HPCWS promotes archival research in former East-bloc countries and seeks to expand and enrich what is known about Cold War events and themes." "Antonio J. Mendez is a CIA Trailblazer, a career spy who served in the murky field of espionage as a career intelligence officer. Adept at the art of deception and illusion, creative in the use of disguise, he moved the CIA's most sensitive agents clandestinely through international borders in daring top secret exfiltration operations." Excellent site from the University of Victoria. Historical Topics; Treaties and Documents; The Atomic Age; The Soviet Role. A collection of articles on Cold War history Facts & Figures|Photos|Related Sites |
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