Ronald Reagan and the Soviet Union
- Examines the last few years of the Cold War, with a particular focus on Ronald Reagan's policy towards the Soviet Union. Includes pictures and a comprehensive speech section.
- http://www.reagan.dk/
Disturbed Ground: Journeys Along the Remnants of the Iron Curtain - The story of the divide told through an exploration of the 800-mile scar it left behind by Eron Witzel. - http://www.archive.org/details/Disturbed_Ground_Journeys_along_the_remnants_of_the_Iron_Curtain_by_EronWitzel
A Secret Landscape - National-security Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) infrastructure. Focuses on ad hoc C4I sites. - http://coldwar-c4i.net/
Notes on Nationalism - An essay by George Orwell in 1945. - http://www.resort.com/~prime8/Orwell/nationalism.html
Political Writings of George Orwell - Essays, newspaper columns, letters and editorials from 1943 - 1947. - http://www.resort.com/~prime8/Orwell/
The Cold War - A summary of the Cold War. - http://www.hpwt.de/Kalterkriege.htm
Cold War International History Project - Hosts hundreds of previously inaccessible documents dealing with the Cold War. - http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1409&fuseaction=topics.home
Cold War - Discusses key Cold War leaders and Soviet and American Cold War Policies. Coverage of the impact of the Cold War on technological development, international relations and conflicts. Also includes a Cold War game and links to related websites. - http://library.thinkquest.org/22059/
The Flying Crowbar - At the dawn of the atomic age, scientists began work on what might have been the nastiest weapon ever conceived. - http://www.merkle.com/pluto/pluto.html
Soviet Archives: Entrance Room - An online exhibit on how Soviet-American relations were conducted between the two governments and the two societies. Also discusses inner workings of the Soviet system of government. - http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/soviet.exhibit/entrance.html
Cold War: Postwar Estrangement - A historical exhibit of contentious Soviet-American relations before and during the Cold War. Includes links to Russian language documents relating the Soviet views of the Cold War. - http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/soviet.exhibit/coldwar.html
Stanislav Petrov Averts a Worldwide Nuclear War - Bright Star Sound - The story of Stanislav Petrov, a Russian officer whose refusal to launch a nuclear strike, in response to a false report of a US attack, averted a nuclear war in 1983. - http://www.brightstarsound.com
Parallel History Project on NATO and the Warsaw Pact - Provides access to declassified documentation and information about the development of NATO and the Warsaw Pact, their threat perceptions, and their military plans. - http://www.isn.ethz.ch/php/
The National Archives Learning Curve | Cold War - Narrative answers to the most common questions of the Cold War, why did it start, who started it; how the common believes are reflected in what really happened. - http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/coldwar/
Cold War Museum - Presents essay-like articles, commenting selected events of the Cold War in a narrative, chronological way, accessible through a timeline. Also photo presentations in a museum-like way. - http://www.coldwar.org
Cold War Guide - Provides accurate and handy information about events, people, states, agencies and services of the Cold War. Also includes various data, essays, texts and useful links. - http://www.cold-war.info
The Diefenbunker - Canada's Cold War Museum - The Diefenbunker was built in 1959-61 to house Canadian leaders during a nuclear attack but now serves as Canada's Cold War Museum. Includes Diefenbunker history, facts, virtual tour, and trivia. - http://www.diefenbunker.ca
Instruments of Statecraft - Study of U.S. guerilla warfare, counter insurgency, and counter terrorism, from 1940 to 1990. - http://www.statecraft.org/
Cold War Project - A miscellaneous collection of information, documents and photographs. Produced by Videofact - http://www.videofact.com/coldwar.htm
Thaw in the Cold War: Eisenhower and Khrushchev at Gettysburg - Information on a 1959 Soviet-American summit and how President Eisenhower's brand of diplomacy led to a temporary easing of Cold War tensions. Includes documents from the meeting, a small image gallery, and links to further sources. - http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/29ike/29ike.htm
Grenzer.com - A historical survey of East German and US border operations along the Iron Curtain from 1945-1989. Includes chronology, technology and operations, review of units and guards, and submitted war stories. - http://www.grenzer.com/
Harvard Project on Cold War Studies (HPCWS) - Features declassified documents, information about The Journal of Cold War Studies, a digital multimedia archive, and related links. - http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hpcws/
A Bipolar World - The Cold War - Provides links to documents on the origins of the Cold War, the Berlin Crises, the Cuban Crises, periods of East-West detente, and information on Cold War leaders. - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook46.html#The%20Cold%20War
War of Ideas: A History of the Cold War - Includes biographies of the principal Cold Warriors in the West and East, detailed reports on the different facets of the Cold War, a chronology of major Cold War events, and links to external resources. Also has a Cold War game and a trivia section. - http://library.thinkquest.org/10826/mainpg.htm