Bulletin 16 includes documentary evidence on chinas cold war from the archives in beijing, as well as documents. Citizens around the world pondered how relations between these two countries had turned so frigid. Snead department of history, texas tech university. Declassified documents, photos, info, related reading lists, and links related to. Devoid of subtlety, its aim was to obliterate communism everywhere. A global history with documents second edition edward h. Their judicious selection makes the great events of the time come alive through the words and phrases of those who were actively involved. This subject file focuses on the history of the cold war, a strategic and ideological conflict that opposed the western bloc, led by the united states, and the eastern bloc, led by the soviet union, from 1945 to 1989. The national security archive is proud to have had the opportunity to make a substantial contribution to the cold war series. Great britain, france, italy, and west germany were the greatest recipients. The cold war contains a selection of official and unofficial documents which provide a truly multifaceted account of the entire cold war era. The document you are trying to load requires adobe reader 8 or higher. A new history is meant chiefly, therefore, for a new generation of readers for whom the cold war was never current events. Although there was no direct confrontation between the two powers, the conflict was to lead the world to the brink of nuclear war.
The cold war was not an actual physical war, only the korean war was the physical war. Students can examine various documents in their original format to gain a better understanding of how documents shaped our government and society and defined. Declassified documents, photos, info, related reading lists, and links. Adobe reader installed or your viewing environment may not be. Students can explore and relive history using firsthand accounts of historical events through the many diary and journal entries within each unit. I hope readers who lived through the cold war will also find the volume useful, because as marx once said groucho, not karl, outside of a. Not only does this book put a human face on the conflict, but. This web page provides links and citations to naraprepared or narasponsored sources of information about this cold war documentation. Spanning four key twentiethcentury conflicts, with a spotlight on the second world war, secret files from world wars to cold war provides access to british government secret intelligence and foreign policy files from 1873 to 1953. The old woman puts the chair behind the four others, then exits by door no. Joseph mccarthys speech on communists in the state department. I hope readers who lived through the cold war will also find the volume useful, because as marx once said groucho, not karl, outside of a dog, a book is a mans best friend.
The cold war, whatever else one might say about it, has been a remarkably durable phenomenon. Cold war history synonyms, cold war history pronunciation, cold war history translation, english dictionary definition of cold war history. The former book was designed as a text for cold war courses and as general reading for those interested in the era. The marshall plan was one of americas greatest contributions to the peace of the. A history in documents and eyewitness accounts provides an excellent survey of the main contours of the conflict and offers new perspectives on now familiar stories of the cold war. Collections from the wilson center digital archive. Langdon le moyne college prentice hall boston columbus indianapolis new york san francisco upper saddle river amsterdam cape town dubai london madrid milan munich paris montreal toronto. Cold war history definition of cold war history by the. A history in documents provides a useful, but incomplete, collection of primary sources for use in examining the cold war. Clear, concise, and compelling, the cold war is a superb primer on the subject. This time of tension started due to distrust between the two nations. The cwsp focuses on the new history of the cold war, which uses new primary sources from recently opened archives to challenge conventional understandings, the global cold war in europe and third world not just the us and ussr, and the continuing modern day impact.
A history in documents offers more thorough coverage of the 1970s through the1990s. Cohosted by the central intelligence agency, the national museum of the u. Primary sources cold war and civil rights cicero systems. A new paradigm for interpreting west european history in a cold war context. A global history with documents, second edition, is a combined, revised, and updated version of the authors two highly acclaimed cold war books, a hard and bitter peace. Diplomatic correspondence during the invasion of south korea. Langdon and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The office of public affairs opa is the single point of contact for all inquiries about the central intelligence agency cia. By the time world war ii ended, most american officials agreed that the best defense against the soviet threat was a strategy called containment. The cold war lasted for more than fifty years and polarized the world. The cold war 1947 1991 introduction the grand alliance formed by the u.
Online document archive the journal of cold war studies. The experiences of the east berlin housewife are placed alongside those of the south african student. The book features additional material on china and africa, and several new images, including a herblock editorial cartoon about the marshall plan and a french communist party poster for peace in vietnam. A history in documents, is a book that explains the cold war with much detail, it describes the cold war with graphic details that make each moment seem like a thriller. This collection of cold war documents contains primary sources from the period 1945 to 1991. This comprehensive collection of over carefully edited documents speeches, treaties, statements, and articles traces the rise and fall of the cold war from its roots at yalta and potsdam in 1945 through the collapse of the soviet state in 1991 making the great events of era come alive through the words and phrases of those who were actively involved.
New british documents on world war ii and the early cold war are also available. The cold war international history project just released the cwihp bulletin no. This book, with its focus on experiences rather than evaluation, is an ideal companion to a course on the cold war era. These documents were compiled by the associated press and do not necessarily provide a balanced. We read every letter, fax, or email we receive, and we will convey your comments to cia officials outside opa as appropriate. However, with limited staff and resources, we simply cannot respond to all who write to us. Soviet response to the truman doctrine at the united nations. Drawing on selections from a variety of countries and leaders involved in this prolonged global struggle, the editors treat the entire cold war as an era in world history, not just u. The circumstances in which turkey finds itself today are considerably different from those of greece. Semiramis, two guests have arrived, we need one more chair. The national archives and records administration holds and makes available for research a significant quantity of federal records and presidential materials that document cold war era activities and concerns of the united states government. The copy here was obtained in riga, latvia in july 1997, courtesy of indulis zalite, a latvian archival researcher. I read about nuclear warfare in the cold war and i learned much about it.
A history in documents and eyewitness accounts, jussi m. The cold war international history project, woodrow wilson center. Fredrik logevall, university of california, santa barbara. Historical documents from the truman administration, including the. This comprehensive collection of more than 100 edited documents speeches, treaties, statements, and articles traces the cold war from its roots at yalta and potsdam in 1945 through the collapse of the soviet state in 1991 making the great events of the era come alive through the. A panel of cia analysts and navy historians talked about recently declassified cold war documents on the soviet navy. The national security archive is a nongovernmental, nonprofit organization founded in 1985 by a group of journalists and scholars who sought a centralized home for formerly secret u. Documents related to the cold war mount holyoke college. I learned in great detail how the events happened, when they happened, and why they. Conference introduction conference program order conference videotapes other cold war records conference september 2526, 1998 national archives at college park, maryland introduction on september 25th and 26th, 1998, nara and the university of maryland, college park, hosted the power of free inquiry and cold war international history, a conference on cold war documentation.
Rooted in political and ideological disagreements dating back to the russian revolution of 1917, the war emerged from disputes that intensified in the wake of world war ii. The book provides a detailed history of the kgb and its predecessor agencies from 1917 through the mid1970s. The cold war was a period of tension between the ussr and the us. Spring semester, 2004 bookstore list in approximate order of use. Turkey has been spared the disasters that have beset greece. The book is still classified top secret in moscow and is unavailable there. Cold war studies project maintaining lse ideas as the leading centre in europe for advanced study and research on the cold war. Interim committee log, memorandum for the record, 3 october 1945 through 16 october 1945. Following their shared victory over the axis in the second world war, the soviet union and the united states almost immediately found themselves at odds with one another, the u. A global history with documents 2nd edition by edward h. Pages in category cold war documents the following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. Walter lafeber, america, russia, and the cold war, 19452002. And during the war, the united states and great britain furnished turkey with material aid.
Inquiry lesson model abstract after world war ii the united states and soviet union left the world on the brink of nuclear annihilation as peaceful collaboration to rebuild europe seemed impossible. Explore documents from the digital archive through the map, date, and. Hanhimaki and odd arne westad present an impressive array of primary materials designed to examine the cold war as a global. They have been selected, transcribed and compiled by alpha history authors. Documents on the chinese revolution and vietnam war are available on our dedicated sites. It has already exceeded in length the peloponnesian war, the first and second punic wars, the thirty years war, the wars of the french revolution and napoleon, and what winston churchill called the second thirty years war that began with an assassins gunshot at sarajevo and ended with mushroom. In 1962 the us formulated a single integrated operational plan for fullscale nuclear war. The digital archive is overseen by the wilson centers history and public policy. A very short introduction mcmahon has produced a commanding short narrative of a vital period in recent world history.
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