US Department of State
Office of the Historian: The Cuban Missile Crisis, October 1962
This site gives a clear, succinct look at the Cuban Missile Crisis, its causes, and the results. See how direct and indirect communication between President Kennedy and Soviet leader, Nikita Khruschev, resolved this potentially horrific...
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...
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
Harry Truman & the Potsdam Conference: Student Activity
This activity allows learners to see President Truman's perspective at the Potsdam Conference in 1945. Features include overview and firsthand accounts of conference, questions, vocabulary, and photos.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
This resource offers information on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's policies and structures, official documents, press releases, speeches and publications. Click the "Welcome to NATO" button (in the left-hand toolbar) to gain...
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Wilson Center: Euromissiles Crisis
A collection of documents exploring the tension between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Woodrow Wilson Center: Digital Archive: North Korea's First Five Year Plan
A collection of declassified documents from Russian, Polish, Chinese, and East German archives on North Korea's Chollima Movement and First Five-Year Plan (1957-1961).
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Woodrow Wilson Center: Digital Archive: North Korean Military Adventurism
This collection of documents provides a historical record of North Korea's brinkmanship and military-diplomatic campaigns since 1968, including the seizure of the USS Pueblo, attempted assassinations of President Park Chung Hee, and the...
Virginia History Series
Virgina History Series: Virginia State History Post Wwii to Present Day [Pdf]
Visualize the major events in the last half of the 20th century such as major wars and civil rights issues through the lens of the state of Virginia. In addition, learn about the pop culture of this time specifically in Virginia. Enjoy...
US Army Center
U.s. Army Center of Military History: The Centennial: Omar Nelson Bradley
This lengthy biography of General Omar Bradley was written on the centennial of his birth. It traces his life as a military man through World War I, World War II, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Included is a map that shows...
Digital History
Digital History: The Yalta Conference [Pdf]
This is a very extensive look at the Yalta Conference. Find the problems addressed at the conference, the enumerated possible solutions, the positions each of the Big Three leaders held, and the actual results of the conference. Included...
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Woodrow Wilson Center: Digital Archive: Inter Korean Relations After the War
This collection presents documents on inter-Korean relations from the end of the Korean War through the Park Chung Hee military coup.
US Army Center
U.s. Army Center of Military History: The u.s. Army in Vietnam
This site gives an in-depth look at the U.S. Army action during the Vietnam War. To find more information about Diem's overthrow, look under the section labeled 635.
Sam Houston State University
Shsu: Yugoslvia: A Country Study: Post War Yugoslavia
An extensive history of the political position of Yugoslavia after World War Two, and its break from Stalinism.
Center for Educational Technologies
Nasa Classroom of the Future: Korean Enigma: Korea Divided
Explores the historical events that took place between the United States and the USSR to bring about the political division of Korea on the 38th parallel into north and south after the end of World War II.
Country Studies US
Country Studies: Germany: Postwar Occupation and Division
This site provides a detailed account of the division of Germany by the United States, France, Britain, and Russia following World War II.
US Department of State
America.gov: Edward R. Murrow [Pdf]
Highlights the life and career of broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow. Examines his "This is London" reports during World War 11, the Senator McCarthy anti-Communist campaign in the 1950s, his critical treatment of migrant workers, and...
University of Oregon
Mapping History: European History
Interactive and animated maps and timelines of historical events and time periods in European history from Greek and Phoenician colonization up to the 20th century.
Ohio State University
Opper Project: Using Editorial Cartoons to Teach History (Lesson Plans)
Two dozen lessons that focus on using political cartoons as primary source resources for teaching American history. Lessons cover a range of topics in U.S. history from the Civil War era forward and are linked to Ohio content standards.
Ohio State University
Opper Project: Using Editorial Cartoons to Teach History (Lesson Plans)
Two dozen lessons that focus on using political cartoons as primary source resources for teaching American history. Lessons cover a range of topics in U.S. history from the Civil War era forward and are linked to Ohio content standards.
National Archives (UK)
The Learning Curve: Allies at War
An extensive site chronicling the public consensus shown to the media among Allied members: the USSR, Great Britain, and the USA. Gives ample primary sources and student activities.
Arlington Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery: Leslie Richard Groves
This site from the Arlington National Cemetery details information about Leslie Grove's military career and his role in the Manhattan Project. The biographical information is fairly in-depth, and several pictures are included as well.
Mount Holyoke College
Nsc 68: Prologue to Rearmament
Article outlines the history of the NSC-68 document from drafting through its submission to the President. The impact of the document on defense spending is also explained.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: John F. Kennedy
From the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, this biographical account of JFK includes his military service during WWII, the significant events of his political career and presidency including Cabinet and Supreme Court appointments, and...
George Washington University
National Security Archive: George Kennan's "Long Telegram"
Find the entire contents of George Kennan's "Long Telegram" in which he expressed outlook on post-war Soviet Union. It was not flattering.
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