The Cold War Pathfinder

Websites :

National Archives Learning Curve : The Cold War    http://learningcurve.pro.gov.uk/coldwar/default.htm
    A site from the United Kingdom with a lot of information about the beginnings of the Cold War, and the relationship of the Vietnam War with the Cold War.

  About McCarthyism    http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/mccarthy/mccarthy.htm
    Contains Links to writings and documents about McCarthy, the red scare and the Hollywood blacklist.

  McCarthyism: The Great American Red Scare    http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAmccarthyism.htm
    From the United Kingdom, A History of the Red Scare with lots of links about the personalities involved.

Cold War: Postwar Estrangement    http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/soviet.exhibit/coldwar.html
     A brief overview of the history and progress of the Cold War from the Soviet Union's view, including the Cuban Missile Crisis.

  NSA and the Cuban Missile Crisis    http://www.nsa.gov/docs/cuba/index.html
   The National Security Agency of the U.S. Government website telling the story of the Cuban Missile Crisis with links to de-classified documents.

  USAF Museum- Cold War    http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/history/coldwar/cw.htm
      The U.S. Air Force Museum provides a lot of information on US Air Force reconnaissance during the Cold War, including the technology used to spy on the USSR.

Civil Defense Museum    http://www.civildefensemuseum.com/
    A site with lots of images, documents, and tours of fallout shelters. Please checkout the author of these pages.  Should we believe him?

  The Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg    http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/rosenb/ROSENB.HTM
    An overview with images and trial testimony of this most famous espionage case of the cold war.

            NOTE: The links in this pathfinder were located and evaluated by Daniel Krystkiewicz.

Updated January 6, 2009

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