History
Research Guides
The Cold War--websites
Cold War International History Project
Wilson Center.This site "gathers, archives, and produces material related to the Cold War from both Eastern and Western perspectives, including biographies, pamphlets, conference proceedings, legal documents and other primary source materials."
CONALRAD: All Things Atomic/ The Golden Age of Homeland Security
A website devoted to cold war popular culture. See the infamous 'Daisy' ad broadcast during the election campaign of 1964. This is the era of backyard bomb shelters. Don't forget to "duck and cover".
This is a "non-governmental research institute and library located at the George Washington University. The archive collects and publishes declassified documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. The archive also serves as a repository of government records on a wide range of topics pertaining to the national security, foreign intelligence, and economic policies of the United States" including material on the Cold War.
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