BBC
Bbc News: Soviet Union Timeline
A timeline covering the history of the Soviet Union from 1917 to 1991.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Nato: Text of the North Atlantic Treaty
This resource, provided by NATO, presents the full text of all fourteen articles of the The North Atlantic Treaty of 1949.
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Woodrow Wilson Center: Digital Archive: China North Korea Relations
This collection of documents probes the relationship between China and North Korea from the 1940s through the 1980s. While often described as being "as close as lips to teeth," this collection highlights instances of both cooperation and...
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Woodrow Wilson Center: Digital Archive: Conference on Security & Cooperation
Documents from the years 1968 to 1976 on the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), which concluded with the signing of the Helsinki Final Act on August 1, 1975.
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Woodrow Wilson Center: Digital Archive: Conversations With Kim Il Sung
This collection of primary source documents assembles a record of Kim Il Sung's conversations with foreign allies and other outsiders from 1949 through 1986, providing insights into DPRK foreign policy and domestic politics from North...
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Woodrow Wilson Center: Digital Archive: Cuban Foreign Relations
Documents on Cuban's international relations, focusing on its relationship with the Soviet Union, China, and the United States.
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Woodrow Wilson Center: Digital Archive: East German Uprising
A collection of primary source documents related to the East German uprising of June 1953.
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Woodrow Wilson Center: Digital Archive: Inter Korean Competition, 61 70
This collection of documents tracks inter-Korean relations from the time of the Park Chung Hee coup in 1961 through the opening of the inter-Korean dialogue in 1970.
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Woodrow Wilson Center: Digital Archive: Nikita Khrushchev Collection
Documents containing the thoughts and opinions of Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev. Most are from Russian archives, along with a few Bulgarian and Romanian documents. The collection includes comments on Stalin, the post-Stalin Soviet...
Smithsonian Institution
National Air and Space Museum: Apollo to the Moon
This resource offers an in-depth exploration of the U.S. space program and the role President John F. Kennedy took in setting the agenda for manned space flight to the moon.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: The Berlin Job
In this photographic exhibit, correspondent Peter Millar reports on the collapse of communism and life behind the Berlin Wall in East Berlin.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: The Fall of the Wall: Revelation Not Revolution
Photographic and video discussion attempts to answer the question "Why Did the Berlin Wall Fall in November 1989?"
Steven Kreis, PhD
The History Guide: The Sources of Soviet Conduct
This sums up the ideas of containment. It is a telegram that was widely published.
Other
U.s. Department of Defense: Strategic Arms Reduction Talks Treaty (Start I)
A comprehensive site from the US Government on the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty I. Includes information on the Treaty, the actual text, protocols, article-by article analysis, and other documents. Clicking on Executive Summary will...
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: The Yalta Conference, Feb. 1945
This site from Fordham University gives the text of the Yalta Confernce. It has an outline of the agreements made.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: The Warsaw Pact, 1955
The Warsaw pact in 1955 was a treaty of friendship, co-operation, and cooperation assistance. Website gives the clauses of the Warsaw Pact in 1955.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: United Nations and Ussr
This site from Fordham University contains actual letters between the United Nations and the USSR. These letters are attempts to reach a resolution in the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Center For Civic Education
Center for Civic Education: Ronald Reagan and Executive Power
This site is a comprehensive examination of Ronald Reagan's administration and how he used his executive powers. It looks at his policies and his ongoing legacy. Includes videos, historical context, and lesson plans from elementary up.
American Presidency Project
American Presidency Project: First Anniversary of the Alliance for Progress
View President Kennedy's remarks on the first anniversary of the Alliance for Progress March 13, 1962 given to Latin American diplomats at the White House.
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum
Jfk Presidential Library and Museum: Campaign of 1960
John F. Kennedy would be elected in November, 1960, as the youngest president ever voted into office. Here read about the Democratic convention, the debates between Kennedy and Richard Nixon, and find out about the issues of the...
US Department of State
U.s. Dept. Of State: Archive: Inf Treaty of 1987
Copy of the INF Treaty made by the US and the USSR in December of 1987.
PBS
Pbs News Hour: Us and Russia Spy Swap
Relations between the United States and Russia have always been very tumultuous but the recent capture and release of US and Russian spies has shown that while there is still a lot of progress to be made and trust to be built, the two...
University of Maryland
Voices of Democracy: John Fitzgerald Kennedy, "Inaugural Address" January 1961
John F. Kennedy's inaugural speech is one of the most famous speeches in American history. Teachers can use this lesson to teach Language Arts standards, as well as Social Studies standards. This lesson plan includes pre-reading ideas,...
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum
Jfk Presidential Library and Museum: Alliance for Progress
John F. Kennedy had lofty goals for improving U.S. relations with Latin America when he became president. Read about the aims of the Alliance for Progress and find out why it was a failure.
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