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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.
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.
"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.
A brief, illustrated timeline of Joe McCarthy's life and the House Un-American Activities Committee.
Prosecution and defense statements from the 1949 trial of American Communist Party leaders.