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This category lists sites concerning the 20th century Cold War.

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A Bipolar World - The Cold War

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook46.asp#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.
A Secret Landscape

http://coldwar-c4i.net/
National-security Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) infrastructure. Focuses on ad hoc C4I sites.
Cold War

http://www.angelfire.com/bc3/coldwar/
Includes history and psychological examinations of this period.
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.
Cold War Project

http://www.videofact.com/coldwar.htm
A miscellaneous collection of information, documents and photographs. Produced by Videofact
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.
Disturbed Ground: Journeys Along the Remnants of the Iron Curtain

http://www.archive.org/details/Disturbed_Ground_Journeys_along_the_remnants_of_the_Iron_Curtain_by_EronWitzel
The story of the divide told through an exploration of the 800-mile scar it left behind by Eron Witzel.
Harvard Cold War Studies

http://projects.iq.harvard.edu/coldwarstudies/
Features declassified documents, information about The Journal of Cold War Studies, a digital multimedia archive, and related links.
Instruments of Statecraft

http://www.statecraft.org/
Study of U.S. guerilla warfare, counter insurgency, and counter terrorism, from 1940 to 1990.
Krieghan's Cold War Presentation

http://www.angelfire.com/il/coldwar/Cldwr.html
History of the Cold War with information and slide show of the major players and the principal arenas of the Cold War. Includes a chronology of major events and interviews with people who lived through the events.
Notes on Nationalism

http://www.resort.com/~prime8/Orwell/nationalism.html
An essay by George Orwell in 1945.
Political Writings of George Orwell

http://www.resort.com/~prime8/Orwell/
Essays, newspaper columns, letters and editorials from 1943 - 1947.
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.
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.
Thaw in the Cold War: Eisenhower and Khrushchev at Gettysburg

http://www.nps.gov/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.
The Cold War

http://www.hpwt.de/Kalterkriege.htm
A summary of the Cold War.
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.
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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