Cold War
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Cold War Web Sites and Video/Audio Clips
The American Experience presents “The Living Weapon” from PBS. This series explores the highly classified biological weapons program begun in 1942 under President Franklin Roosevelt. Roosevelt’s decision to embark on the program demonstrated American willingness “to use a kind of weapon that military leaders had long shunned as dishonorable.” For this series, PBS gained access to previously classified films and has put a number of them online:http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/weapon/sfeature/foiafilms.html.
The companion web site also outlines the history and development of diseases that could be used to destroy a city and unveils “Operation Whitecoat,” a Cold War project using Seventh day Adventists as human subjects in the country’s biological weapons program. Visitors to the companion web site can also listen to the lead researcher’s recollections on developing biological weapons and view a map of America’s bioweapons program. In all, the Living Weapon series and web site could serve as an excellent inter-disciplinary introduction to today’s concerns over the spread of weapons of mass destruction.
To mark the fiftieth anniversary of Marshall’s speech, the Library of Congress presents this display on the origins and effects of the Marshall Plan. It features photographs and cartoons from the Prints and Photographs Division and items from the papers of Averell Harriman, the ERP special representative in Europe from 1948 to 1950.
Explores military origins of the space race and provides a gallery map and more. From the National Air and Space Museum.
Produced by the Chicago Historical Society, this site explores the life and work of Studs Terkel, an important American oral historian. Galleries focus on interviews that Mr. Terkel did for his books and also the site also contains a multimedia interview with him.
Site contains declassified Soviet documents from 1917 to 1991
John F. Kennedy Library and Museum
The museum offers speeches, official documents, photographs, and more from the presidency of John F. Kennedy
1968: The Whole World Was Watching (Brown U.)
An oral history project that features recollections of a group of Rhode Islanders regarding pivotal events and issues in 1968
This site was produced by students out of Vassar college and provides an overview of the Vietnam war, primary documents and photos, and links to other related sites
A companion to the PBS video program, this site features a brief historical introduction, a battlefield timeline, an expose on guerrilla tactics, a look at the siege of Khe Sanh, and other resources.
Another PBS Online site, this features an introduction to the conflict, reflections of the participants, a timeline, a who’s who, and more.
At this site, you can listen to some President Lyndon Johnson’s most important speeches and secretly recorded conversations.
A 1997 Washington Post supplement marking the 25th anniversary of the Watergate burglary. Features include bios of the key figures involved in the affair and a discussion of the impact of the scandal.
A CNN-Time project that relies on Time’s coverage of the scandal
Well organized overview of the Watergate scandal
A CNN.com special report on the Reagan Presidency
Site explores the war through case studies, images, sound files and more
This informative PBS site attempts to answer the question: Who are the Russian People? There is a timeline, glossary, bibliography, media index, links, lesson plans, and a chat forum.
There are some quirky but interesting features at this site, including a panic quiz and a Nuclear Blast Map. You will also be treated to interviews, film footage of explosions, a map of target sites in the U.S., a weapons stockpile list for 1945 to 1997, a timeline, primary sources, transcripts, a teacher’s guide, and a people and events section
The Race to Build the Atomic Bomb — A Resource for Students and Teachers
The Race to Build the Atomic Bomb: A Resource for Teachers and Students was produced by the Contra Costa County Office of Education. It provides information on the men who built the Atomic Bomb and the urgency and circumstances surrounding its construction. Categories include: Timeline, Competition, Exodus of Scientists, Physics, Those Responsible, Research, Lesson Plans, and Resources.
The site is based on a 26-episode television series and features a teacher’s guide, a timeline, a thematic overview, and RealAudio excerpts. Select programs:
- Young Blood: 1950-1975 (PBS)
- Focus is on the youth movement in America in 1960s
- Brave New World: 1945-1961 (PBS)
- Site probes the changing world order after WWII and the emergence of Cold War
- Fallout: 1945-1995 (PBS)
- Examines the atomic age in the Cold War era
- Picture Power: 1939-1997 (PBS)
- Probes how television transformed society, culture, and politics
- Boomtime: 1945-1973 (PBS)
- Examines how postwar prosperity transformed lifestyles and cultural values in the United States and abroad
**Cold War: From Yalta to Malta -- VIDEO
Note: This CNN special has been retired by CNN.com. Since it is an extremely valuable resource we are linking you to its archived pages at the Internet Archive.
CNN Perspectives series explores the Cold War experience from many different angles. Included are interactive maps, rare video footage, declassified documents, biographies, picture galleries, timelines, interactive activities, a search function, book excerpts, an educator’s guide, and more.
- Episode One: Comrades 1917-1945
- This presentation displays the U.S and Russia as allies through video interview with George Kennan, a tour of a Cold War prison, historical documents, and more.
- Episode Two: The Iron Curtain 1945-1947
- This presentation provides an overview of the Iron Curtain through a Cold War military museum, a Brinkmanship interactive game, a video interview with George Kennan, a spotlight on the Oder-Niesse Line, a look at post Cold War US-Russian relations, and more.
- Episode Three: The Marshall Plan 1947-1952
- Presents a brinkmanship simulation, a feature on the birth of the CIA, an analysis of the IMF, discussion of the Czech coup in 1948, and more.
- Episode Four: Berlin 1948-1949
- Features a West German radio report, reflections of a Berlin mayor, a look at propaganda, a brinkmanship simulation, and more
- Episode Five: Korea 1949-1953
- The special features of this program include spotlights on the Russian connection, the continuing divide between North and South Korea, a look at America’s Korean War memorial, a brinkmanship game, interviews, and more
- Episode Six: Reds 1948-1949
- Based on the Intensification of the Cold War, this presentation features a look at the Red Scare then and now, the United States Communist Party, and totalitarianism, and it has an excerpt from Daniel Moynihan’s “Secrecy”.
- Episode Seven: After Stalin 1953-1956
- This presentation features reflections by Krushchev’s son and sections on Kremlin power struggles, NATO’s importance, and a German radio report.
- Episode Eight: After Sputnik 1949-1961
- Explores the new arms race launched by the Soviet atomic bomb. There are features on espionage, Russia’s space exploits, and an interactive timeline.
- Episode Nine: The Wall 1959-1963
- Explores shootings at the Wall, U.S. unpreparedness, and offers some reflections on the wall.
- Episode Ten: Cuba 1959-1968
- Features the ExComm files, the hot line between Kennedy and Khrushchev, contemporary Cuba and an interview with Fidel Castro
- Episode Eleven: Vietnam 1954-1968
- Includes a Spotlight on Dien Bien Phu and sections on changing media-military rules and the “living room” war.
- Episode Twelve: MAD 1960-1972
- Examines “mutual world destruction” and the escalating arms race.
- Episode Thirteen: Make Love, Not War :The Sixties
- Spotlights the draft, music, the “silent majority” and protests.
- Episode Fourteen: Red Spring The Sixties
- Features the sexual revolution, the rehabilitation of communism, and a look at an ex-patriot Soviet artist.
- Episode Fifteen: China 1949-1972
- Spotlights Kissinger’s secret talks with Mao, the conflict between Beijing and Moscow, as well as “ping pong” diplomacy and US-China rapprochement.
- Episode Sixteen: Detente 1969-1975
- Features a Brezhnev confidant, critiques of detente, and space cooperation.
- Episode Seventeen: Good Guys, Bad Guys 1967-1978
- Examines the African Renaissance, mercenaries for hire, and the Arab-Israeli peace process.
- Episode Eighteen: Backyard 1954-1990
- This presentation talks about Central America, the Caribbean, and South America as battleground, examining the School of Americas, the plan to fund the Contras in Nicaragua, and conflicts in Mexico.
- Episode Nineteen: Freeze 1977-1981
- Features sections on the Carter-Brezhnev years, John Paul II toppling the communist domino, politics of European security, and missile diplomacy.
- Episode Twenty: Soldiers of God 1975-1988
- This presentation talks about the Afghan Civil War and the crumbling detente with sections on the Olympic games, Afghan legacy, and Russian pain.
- Episode Twenty One: Spies 1945-1900
- Stories of dead spies, finding good spies, counterintelligence, and continuing espionage.
- Episode Twenty Two: Star Wars 1980–1988
- Includes excerpts of interviews, a transcript of Reagan’s “Star Wars” Speech, and a section on “War Games”.
- Episode Twenty Three: The Wall Comes Down 1989
- Features a slide show of lifting the Iron Curtain in 1989 and sections on reformers in Hungary, the surprise of the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the chaos in Russia during the last years of the Cold War.
- Episode Twenty Four: Conclusions
- Features a section on what the war cost, memories from the Cold War, and an excerpt from the book After The Cold War.