US National Archives
Nara: Prologue Magazine: The 1961 Berlin Crisis Some New Insights
Primary documents, including memos and letters detailing the blockade of Berlin and the president's contigency plans provide some new insights into the Berlin Crisis.
Other
Southwestern Academy: Eisenhower's Foreign Policy [Pdf]
A well-organized look at President Eisenhower's Cold War policies throughout his two terms as president. Find out about his policies toward the USSR, Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East.
US Department of State
Office of the Historian: The Berlin Crisis, 1958 1961
Because Berlin was a divided city, between East and West, there was potential for diplomatic problems. Read about President Eisenhower's failed attempts to negotiate with Soviet Premier Khrushchev, and the negotiations between President...
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: The Presidency and the Cold War: John F. Kennedy
The National Portait Gallery explores the actions of presidents during the Cold War. Here find President Kennedy's decisions during the Berlin Crisis, the building of the Berlin War, and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Watch a video of...
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
The Berlin Airlift: June 27, 1948 to May 12, 1949
This site offers an abundance of information about the Berlin Airlift. Along with general information, the site includes vocabulary related to the Berlin Airlift, and follow questions about the information presented.
BBC
Bbc: On This Day: Kennedy: "Ich Bin Ein Berliner"
News article retells the story of President Kennedy's inspirational speech of defiance to the Soviet Union given to the people of West Germany.
US National Archives
Nara: u.s. Response to 1960 1962 Berlin Crisis [Pdf]
A transcript from the U.S. Army Center for Military History regarding the United States' response to the 1960-62 Berlin Crisis.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Wedding (Berlin)
This site provides a comprehensive look at Wedding, one of the areas under France's charge during the Cold War in West Berlin.
George Washington University
National Security Archive: The Berlin Wall, Fifty Years Ago
While condemning the wall in public, U.S. officials saw "long term advantage" if potential refugees stayed in East Germany. Three days before the wall went up, the CIA expected that East Germany would take "harsher measures" to solve the...
George Washington University
National Security Archive: First Strike Options and the Berlin Crisis
Fred Kaplan's article in the October 2001 issue of The Atlantic Monthly, "JFK's First Strike Plan," shows that key White House officials and the President himself briefly considered proposals for a limited nuclear first strike against...
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum
Jfk Presidential Library and Museum: The Cold War in Berlin
Article explores the division of Germany and Berlin into two zones, East and West, and delves into President Kennedy's relationship with the Soviets during the Cold War. On June 26, 1963, President Kennedy delivered an explosive speech...
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Kennedy's Global Challenge
The Cold War was still being waged during John Kennedy's administration. Read about the challenges he faced in Europe, Latin America, and, most ominously, in Cuba.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Postwar Challenges
A brief survey of the beginning of the Cold War and the challenges that faced the United States in confronting communist totalitarianism.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Notes on the Berlin Wall, 1961
This site, which is provided for by the Fordham University, gives the actual text of the United States' note to the USSR on Berlin and the Soviet reply.