Domestic and International Affairs
Global
Wilson Center Offers a collection of declassified resources from around the world into a digital archive
CVCE Covers the major crises of the Cold War
USSR
NatGeo Brief article about the Russian October Revolution of 1917, leading to the formation of the USSR
American Heritage From the perspective of Khrushchev's son, he discusses growing up in fear of the Evil Empire, aka the US
USA
Office of the Historian Detailed timeline of visits by Russian leaders to the US
Newsweek Discusses Kennedy's lesser known contribution to changing the course of the Cold War: the Partial Nuclear Test Ban
Treaty of 1963, between the US, USSR, and Great Britain.
Treaty of 1963, between the US, USSR, and Great Britain.
BBC Reasons the US got involved in the Cold War
Germany
History A multimedia presentation about the Berlin Blockade
History A comprehensive look at the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall
Newsweek Where in the world can we find the Berlin Wall today?
CVCE The second Berlin crisis: the building of the Berlin Wall
Ukraine
BBC Ukraine timeline and description of events from 1917 to the present
Al Jazeera Op-ed on how the Ukraine has battled Russia now and in the past
North Korea
Newsweek Why Kim Jong Un hates the US
Al Jazeera North and South Korean families reunite after 60 years
Newsweek Article on the capture of the USS Pueblo by North Korea
New Yorker The Risk of Nuclear War between the US and North Korea
Vietnam
PBS Escalation Of the Vietnam War by LBJ
Duke Info, interviews and timeline of Vietnam in relation to the Cold War
PBS Learn more about the 1964, Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
PBS JFK decision on getiing involved in Vietnam
CVCE Offers background and resources about the Vietnam War
China
Newsweek How Russia and China could become more powerful than the US
Lehrman The US and China during the Cold War
Newsweek China quotes MLK to attack US Cold War discrimination
Yugoslavia
Foreign Affairs How Yugoslavia stayed together by their president
BBC Yugoslavia and the Balkans War
Cuba
Newsweek Cuba offers to pay Cold War debt with rum
Al Jazeera How the US infiltrated Cuba with hip hop
History Multimedia presentation on the Cuban Missile Crisis
Chile
Atlantic Discusses the role the US played in the Chilean coup of 1973 - includes video
Historian An examination of the Allende years and Pinochet Coup, 1969 through 1973
Nicaragua
Newsweek Potential US spying from Nicaraguan military compound
WP How the Soviets fought the Cold War in Nicaragua and other countries, then and now