The Cold War

• CNN Cold War series - - CNN also provides interactive topics based on their award winning series. It has information on the Bomb, espionage, culture, technology, primary documents, and a chronology. The Knowledge Bank contains a glossary, biographies and maps. This has a wealth of information on this topic
• Cold War Politics - this site includes articles and primary documents on the following aspects of the Cold War:  negotiations, containment, detente, confrontations, glasnot and revolutions
• Cold War International History Project - site is maintained by the Woodrow Wilson International School for Scholars in Washington, DC; this site has primary source material on the Cold War - just click on the Virtual Library
• United Nations - facts about the UN, its charter and organization
• United Nations - 50th Anniversary from CNN; click on the timeline to look for information on the formation of the UN and its involvement in world peacekeeping missions
• NATO - click on welcome to get an overview of the history of NATO; look at organization to find the members of NATO
• The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Marshall Plan - this is an exhibit at the Library of Congress
• The Korean War - this site contains enormous amounts of information on the Korean War ranging from the Army Handbook to each country's involvement to personal narratives
• Korean War - the site commemorates the 50th anniversary
• The Story of McCarthyism - this is from Spartacus encyclopedia; scroll down for events, organizations, blacklisted and the investigators
• Berlin Airlift - photos, texts, and archives; from the Truman library
• U.S. Air force Berlin Airlift Site - facts, figures and photo gallery
• The Berlin Wall - a chronology of the history of the Wall includes history in text and pictures
• The History of the Berlin Wall -  - interactive exhibit of news stories about Wall
• The Bay of Pigs Invasion - from the U.S. Air Force museum
• The Bay of Pigs Invasion -40 years after
• NSA and the Cuban Missile Crisis - looks at the role of the U.S. National Security Agency in gathering intelligence during the crisis
• Vietnam War Internet Project - scroll down for resources, images, documents, articles, military history and personal narratives.
• The War for Vietnam
• The Warsaw Pact - primary document
• Warsaw Pact - an excellent explanation from the Library of Congress