Twentieth Century
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Images of political posters reflecting Berkeley's progressive-left community and culture from the 1970s onward.
Australian popular culture from 1949 to 1972 including music, movies, books, and sport.
Read chronicled politics, thoughts, and trends of the 20th century. Winner of two Pulitzer prizes for the drawing of editorial cartoons.
An online magazine of life in the 50s, 60s and 70s.
A chronology of events surrounding the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
Year-by-year articles on the highlights of the decade.
Browse through fashions, activities and events of this era.
Celebrates the lifestyle of the era, including music, movies, TV, news, and books of the decade.
Information on Indian and Pakistani nuclear weapons research and development. Includes statements, position papers, research and analysis, news coverage and opinion polls, and related information on nuclear proliferation.
Atomic culture past and present. A clearinghouse of atomic links, articles, photos, and memorabilia of the atomic age.
The Bureau of Atomic Tourism promotes tourist locations that have either been the site of atomic explosions, display exhibits on the development of atomic devices, or contain atomic weapons delivery systems. Includes links to related materials.
Discusses missing nuclear materials from the former Soviet Union, suitcase bombs, interviews, readings, the future of nuclear weapons and the Russian nuclear complex.
In depth collection of links to nuclear news, information, research, searches on nuclear topics, software to model nuclear blast effects, history, commentary, and links pages.
Reports, tables, and statistics on nuclear stockpiles, strategic nuclear forces, and nuclear test programs of the United States, Russia, France, China, and Great Britain.
Describes the mission and capabilities of the system, includes photos, launch history, diagrams of the components of the missiles and their launch facilities and crew details.
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.
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.
Research of the atrocities committed by the soldiers during World War II.
Collection of poems calling for an end to the atrocities.
General and in-depth resources, and related crimes against humanity.
Yearly table of major events in America during the Great Depression and New Deal.
Companion site to the not-for-profit book.
Student's account of visiting Holocaust sites as part of this event. Includes history and photographs.
An extensive partially-annotated listing of books about Holocaust rescuers with links to more information.
Focuses on non-Jewish and Polish victims of the Holocaust: photos and survivor stories.
A database of correspondence from conflicts of the twentieth century most letters from World War I and II.
Max Frankel, a reporter for the New York Times in 1963, gives a brisk tour of the crisis.
Comprehensive account of the events from the US National Security Archive. Includes declassified documents, audio files, photographs, and commentary.
Synopsis of book by Vladislav Zubok and Constantine Pleshakov.
Delivered by President Kennedy before the American Society of Newspaper Editors at Washington, D.C., April 20, 1961.
The international foundation for the commemoration of the Holocaust and its lessons.
Information on the Jewish children, Anne Frank, and photos..
Story of the daughter of Adolf Hitler's close friend and personal photographer, Heinrich Hoffmann.
Release from a Nazi concentration camp as written by George Liebermann.
A look back at the conflict, one of post-independence Africa's first and most bloody wars.
An article which calculates the cost of war and the futility behind spending such big amounts towards war expenses by Shrikant Rao.
Book by John R. Nordell Jr., with overview and reviews.
Covers the aircraft used during the Indochina War, with a particular focus on modelling.
Essay by Jorian Polis Schutz examining the impact of the 1979 Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua.
Information on the second United Nations mission in Somalia prepared by the Department of Public Information.
Comprehensive article of the civil war, including main events and issues, political and military organizations, and battles and personalities.
Site dedicated to the events of Nov. 1965 at LZ XRAY in the Ia Drang Valley; the first major battle of the US forces.
An annotated list of books, videos, and music.
Transcript of "A Television History; Roots of a War (1945-1953)", made in 1983 for the PBS.
President Johnson's message to Congress on August 5, 1964.
The program of the People's Revolutionary Party of January, 1962.
News, research and analysis about the Great War, from leading academics and researchers worldwide.
Articles include biography of Adolf Hitler, important dates, casualty figures, high commands, trivia, recommended books, and glossary of operations, equipment, and organizations.
"Dedicated to providing quality information about the military and labor awards of the former Soviet Union...."
Analysis by Robert Higgs, Professor of Political Economy at Lafayette College and the author of Crisis and Leviathan: Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government.