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 Death
of Stalin Go to this casahistoria site for links on the
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Nikita Khrushchev Basic biography from PBS
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Nikita Khrushchev Another general
bio, this times from the Russian broadcaster, Russia Times. Also
has
variety of images.
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Rise of Khrushchev Useful overview lecture
article by Professor Gerhard Rempel, Western New England College
The Secret Speech
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The effect of Khrushchev Clear basic interactive chart to
see key points at a glance of how Khrushchev's changes impact on
Soviet Foreign Policy. Can be done as an exercise or click on
the hide/show button to see the full diagram at once. From
johnclare.net
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 The
development of the Cold War, 1953-1962 BBC podcast looks at
the effect of Khrushchev on the Cold War
2. Soviet
'Peaceful Co-existence' in Action
Greater
confidence in Soviet bloc's strength:
1955 Warsaw Pact Founded
1956
Suppression of Hungarian Uprising
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Hungarian Uprising Outline and dcuments
from Spartacus educational
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 BBC
'On this Day' accounts of the Uprising. Includes videos of film
taken at the time and links to futher items to help place events
in context:
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1956
Very detailed site with lengthy accounts of events, images,
bios and documents from The Institute for the History of the
1956 Hungarian Revolution. Very useful for thorough background
work
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Hungarian Uprising Gives an anti-Stalinist view of the
Hungarian Revolution, based on an eye-witness account.
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The Hungarian Revolution, 1956 Eyewitness accounts Tw useful
accounts from journalists at the time (one British, one
Hungarian)
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Hungarian Uprising Clear
basic interactive chart to see key points at a glance. Can be
done as an exercise or click on the hide/show button to see the
full diagram at once. From johnclare.net
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The Hungarian Revolt Comprehensive selection of
documents from the European Community Navigator site
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1956 Hungarian
Revolution in Photos (and film) Selection of images and
videos from the The American Hungarian
Federation
Technological success
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The Space Race Go to this
casahistoria site for details of the early Soviet successes
and the Space Race with the USA theat followed |
Greater contact with
the west:
July
1959, Nixon visits USSR:
Sept
1959, Khrushchev visits USA
3. 1960, U-2 Crisis
U-2 Background
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Military fact files - the U-2 spy plane Basic data about the
spy plane.
- U-2
Pages Enthusiast site dedicated to the U-2 and its history.
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 The Russian U-2
Missions Excellent listing of the (many!) Russian U-2
overflight missions prior to and including the Powers flight.
Interesting images. From the intriguing
Spyflight
website
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U-2 Spy Images examples of the types of photos taken at the
time form a U2 (not taken by Powers)
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The U-2 Program: A Russian Officer Remembers Lengthy but
useful article extract written by a retired Soviet Colonel who
spent most of his 46-year military career with the former USSR's
Air Defense Forces. Looks at Soviet attitudes to U2 flights and
Powers flight in particular. CIA, 1999
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The CIA & the U2 programme For serious
researchers only! This is a 270 page outline of the history of
the U2 programme provided by the CIA. Use the detailed Contents
pages to find useful info on parts of the programme. Has
diagrams, images - and areas still blacked out by censors!!
Events
Results
Documents
4. 1961, Berlin Wall
Crisis
General Histories of the
Crisis
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The Berlin Wall Straightforward overview of background and
crisis in this BBC schools site. Some documents, images.
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The Rise and Fall of the Wall Story of building the wall,
its background (and future) told in a simple but clear and
visually interesting way. Good introduction.
- Berlin
Wall basic overview and video from the History Channel
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 The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall Clearly written account
of the context of the Wall in post war Cold War and its later
history by Jennifer Rosenberg, About.com
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Berlin Crisis History of the Crisis from GlobalSecurity.org
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Berlin Wall Clear basic interactive chart to see key points
at a glance. Can be done as an exercise or click on the
hide/show button to see the full diagram at once. From
johnclare.net
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 Berlin
Wall Powerpoint Presentation on the Berlin Wall, explaining
clearly the reasons for construction, together with the related
events and subsequent results. From Schoolhistory site (Mr
Crowe)
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Chronicle of the Berlin Wall Very detailed chronological
outline of events from the German Education Ministry (But also
pretty dull in presentation). The German language section has
photos,
documents (in German),
films.
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Khrushchev And The Berlin Crisis (1958-1962) A
detailed academic report by Vladislav M. Zubok one of the
leading Russian historians of the Cold War in 1993 for the
Wilson International Center for Scholars. Very valuable for
serious research
The crisis in detail:
Background
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The Berlin Wall crisis: the view from below Analysis
of refugees fleeing from the east to the west in a very useful
article by Patrick Major, University of Warwick. Well supported
by data graphs and full bibliography. From the excellent
History in Focus series.
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The Berlin Crisis CIA article on superpower relations in
the period just before the Wall went up. Good on Soviet fears.
With useful documents (although some are still censored!!).
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Khrushchev's Secret Speech on the Berlin Crisis, August 1961
Shows Khrushchev's fear that the FRG’s economic and political
prowess might eventually overwhelm the weak, unstable GDR. There
would then be the danger of a peaceful unification and the
Soviets, with all their tanks and missiles, would face a fait
accompli and the undermining of their whole European security
system. Thus stabilizing East Germany became a top priority for
the Kremlin.
The Wall goes up:
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The construction of the Berlin Wall Outline of events from
Berlin City Site
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Berlin Wall: building the wall Excellent
gallery of photos from the Daily Telegraph tells the story of
putting up the wall. See also this smaller
gallery from Germany's Der Spiegel:
Building The Berlin Wall
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 The Design of the Wall. Click for a very clear interactive
infographic showing how the Wall was designed to stop escapes to
the west.
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The
Witness - The Berlin Wall [video] A German soldier recounts
his role in the creation of the Berlin Wall
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ITN News clips of the Wall being put up.UK TV News item
includes: General views of Berlin Wall / soldiers cementing Wall
with trowels / women looking from derelict building windows /
general views of Reconstruction of how a young German man, Herr
Stanislau escaped over the wall into West Germany in order to
marry his fiancee.
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Communists seal the Berlin border Interesting
presentation of original news articles, easy to read and use,
from the Times with images and context pieces set out in the
form of a newspaper front page. (At the moment this is free
access but could change...). Sections of on:
Background; The Iron Curtain Goes Up;
Western Reaction; Climbing the Wall and a
Picture gallery: The Berlin Wall
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The Wall CIA article on the growth of international tension
as the wall went up. With useful documents (although some are
still censored!!).
US Reaction:
Documents
Consequences
- On International Relations:
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The Berlin Wall, Ostpolitik, And Détente Academic
Article (not too long) by Hope M. Harrison looking at how
the building of the wall alterered perspectives in both east
and the west. Not easy but valuable.
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On Germany:
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Walled-In! The Inner German Frontier Excellent animated
video from Deutsche Welle shows the wall and its various
elements of control as it became by the 1980's very clearly.
This also shows the nature of the barrier between east and
west Germany, not just Berlin.
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 Stasi had shoot-to-kill policy to deter Berlin Wall escapes
2007 article by Allan Hall about the
1973 DDR politburo order to shoot to kill anyone attempting
to breach the Iron Curtain to freedom.
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The Berlin Wall kept me apart from my baby son Guardian
item about Sigrid Paul who had just
given birth when the Berlin Wall went up, dividing a city
and – in an extraordinary sequence of events – separating
her from her baby son. His first five years were in the
west, while she was trapped in the east.
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Strangers in Their Own Land Good set of photos from LIFE
Magazine showing life behind the wall. In the early 1960s
Paul Schutzer went to Berlin to chronicle the construction
and the effect on everyday lives of the then-brand-new
Berlin Wall.
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Gallery: After The Berlin Wall Images of the period
after the wall was built from Canada's National Post
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The Lost Border Photographs of the Iron Curtain
By Brian Rose Excellent set of images of Wall and iron
Curtain across Germany in 1970's and 1980's.
- Escapes:
5. 1962 Cuban Missile
Crisis
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 Castro's
Cuba For extensive links to the Cuban - US relations background
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General Outlines:
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Cuban Missile Crisis Good introduction
to the crisis from Spartacus Educational. Useful Mix of
description, documents and videos.
- Thirteen
Days in October: The Cuban Missile Crisis Excellent for a
one stop resource on the crisis. looks at the crisis
chronologically, good image-based narrative with much useful
detail on personalities
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 1962: the Cuban Missile
Crisis
Very good & comprehensive introduction to
the crisis. At the core of the Flash site is a day by day
account of the thirteen days of the crisis that combines text
with photographs, maps, diagrams, cartoons and audio files.
Additional material includes biographies of the key individuals,
the history of relations between Cuba and the US, information on
Operations Mongoose and Anadyr, and international opinions of
events. From Caen Memorial Museum
- No Time to
Talk Lushly presented but no less valuable for that. This
site is detailed but very easy to use, being based on a
chronological index that also clearly shows thekey periods of
conflicts. Supported by written and visual resources.
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Cuban Missiles Crisis The world was
under constant threat of attack but who caused the Cuban Missile
Crisis? Find out in this activity. Quirky, comic BBC
introduction to the crisis, but a good place to start. From BBC
schools site with comedian Mark Steele.
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Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 Clear
basic interactive chart to see key points at a glance. can be
done as an exercise or click on the hide/show button to see the
full diagram at once. From johnclare.net
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Fourteen Days in October
A comprehensive Cuban Missile Crisis resource that includes a
chronology, extensive information, photographs, and more.
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Cuban History: The Missile Crisis Detailed narrative and
analysis from a Marxist perspective. Especially useful on the
end & post crisis period
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Cuban Missile Crisis: An In-Depth
Chronology Excerpts From Cuba
And The United States: A Chronological History by Jane Franklin.
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Reckless threat to world peace Interesting presentation of
original news articles on the missile Crisis, easy to read and
use, from the Times with images and context pieces set out in
the form of a newspaper front page. (At the moment this is free
access but could change...). Sections on
The blockade; The Crisis; The Cooldown and a
Picture gallery: Cuban missile crisis.
Events in Detail
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U-2 Images of Missile Sites Full presentation of images from
GlobalSecurity.Org
- The role of Kennedy:
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The Soviet Position:
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The key exchanges between Mr K & Mr K (Avalon Project):
- Military Participants:
Documents
6.
Consequences of the Cuban Crisis
Stronger Cuba-USSR
relations
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Castro Visits the U.S.S.R., 1972
(0:55) Castro travels to the U.S.S.R. and meets with Soviet
leader Leonid Brezhnev. Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art
and Culture Newsreel
Uncertain US Relations
with Cuba
Superpower
Dialogue reopens
1963
Hotline Agrement
1963 Partial Test Ban Treaty
- Limited
Test Ban Treaty (LTBT) A clear narrative but also
explanation of the key issues involved and text of the actual
treaty. From the Arms Control association.
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 Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Description from JFK Presidential
Library. Useful subheadings and clear linking to missile crisis.
Linked audiovisual resources:
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Making of the Limited Test Ban Treaty, 1958-1963 Thorough
account of the Background of the 1963 Treaty. Well supported by
documents edited by William Burr and Hector L. Montford 2003
item from US National Security Agency.
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Actual terms of the Treaty
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The 1963 Nuclear Test Ban Treaty: A Missed Opportunity for
Détente? Reveals that 3 months before John F. Kennedy's
conciliatory speech at American University that is usually
regarded as the turning point—the Soviet leader became committed
to the treaty in principle. Argues also that once the treaty was
signed, however, the two sides failed to build on their common
accomplishment and got bogged down by political issues that
divided them. The opportunity for a deeper détente and a
comprehensive test ban were lost. 2008 article by Vojtech Mastny
coordinator, Parallel History Project on Cooperative Security,
Zurich.
Wider Background to the Test Ban Treaty
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Nuclear test Sites. Useful set of locations/maps showing
where nuclear weapons were tested before 1963, and after. From
the atomic archive.
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 1945-1998
A good place to start. This is a multimedia artist's take on
worldwide nuclear testing from 1945-1998. by Isao Hashimoto. A
global map it ticks away the post 1945 period showing where an
explosion has taken place. The 1950's & 1960's are really scary
- but it is clear that tests still continue afterwards by all
nuclear powers. Now see also (Links go to the
Preparatory Commission for a
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty):
- Fallout
from Nuclear Weapons Tests and Cancer Risks Exposures 50
years ago still have health implications. Sobering article from
American Scientist. Well supported with data/maps/digrams
showing the serious effects of the testing of the 1945-1963
period especially.
Fall of Khrushchev,
Oct 1964
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Fall of Khrushchev Useful overview lecture article by
Professor Gerhard Rempel, Western New England College
7. General Sites on the Cold War
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Cold
War Basic outlines of key events from Spartacus Educational.
Good place to make a start and
includes
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Cold
War Figures -
biographies of major figures from this time period.
- Cold
War Excellent school
resource for students beginning to look at the Cold War
- The Cold War
International History Project (CWIHP) Useful site presenting
new information and perspectives on the history of the Cold War,
in particular new findings from previously inaccessible sources
from the former Communist world.
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Vint Hill Cold War
Museum Useful online museum that is easy to use
with links to virtual exhibits, overview articles, photo
galleries, documents, newsletters and many other collections of
cold war related material set out clearly by decade.
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BBC -
History: Cold War a series of articles on key aspects of the
Cold War from the BBC educational site.
Documents
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The Cold War Files Very good site produced by Wilson Center
for Peace for interpreting history of the Cold War through
Documents. Includes clear overview items on events and bios on
key figures.
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European Navigator Useful
topic documents (speeches/actual agreements/ newspaper articles
& images on the post 1945 period from a west European
perspective. Use the " historical events" folder on the
left to find your area of study. Well produced by the European
Community.
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Avalon Project at Yale Excellent range of documents from the
20th Century Documents : 1900 - 1999 list
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The CAESAR, POLO, and ESAU Papers This thorough collection
of declassified analytic monographs and reference aids,
designated within the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Directorate of Intelligence (DI) as the CAESAR, ESAU, and POLO
series, highlights the CIA's efforts from the 1950s through the
mid-1970s to pursue in-depth research on Soviet and Chinese
internal politics and Sino-Soviet relations. The documents
reflect the views of seasoned analysts who had followed closely
their special areas of research and whose views were shaped in
often heated debate
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Presidential Nuclear Policies & Events Useful selected
documents on US Presidential policy towards nuclear weapons from
Nuclear power Peace Foundation:
News
the casahistoria Cold War sites:
Origins of the Cold War
Divided Germany, 1945-49
Korean War
Thaw to Cuban Missile Crisis
Space Race
Vietnam War
SALT, Detente
and Collapse
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