Links
| 17. Juni 1953 This website provides information on the 1953 uprising in East Germany, covering the time span from April 1952 until July 1953. The site's aim is to reconstruct the way into the crisis, the uprising itself, as well as its aftermath. Besides text based information, there are many different sources available including documentaries, pictures, audio files of the RIAS archive, interviews with witnesses, newspapers, and documents form German and international archives. |
| Archives Made Easy Hosted by the International History Department at the London School of Economics and Political Science, Archives Made Easy serves the global research community by providing transparency of the costs and processes involved in an archive visit – the kind of information researchers need to know beforehand in order to avoid costly mistakes and delays. |
| Center for Cold War International History Studies Leading Cold War history site in China, provided by a PHP associate, the Cold War History Research Center at the East China Normal University in Shanghai. The Center makes systematic efforts on using archival sources of China, Russia, US, and other countries to study the Cold War, and seeks to combine the study of Chinese international relations with research on the global Cold War. It also brings together Cold War scholars working on specific projects, organizes workshops and conferences, and raises funding to facilitate Cold War studies in China. |
| The Cold War Files Established as an educational tool for teachers in 2005 by the Cold War International History Project (CWIHP) and the George Washington Cold War Group (GWCW), the Cold War Files include a timeline of the most important cold war events, selected short biographies, sample documents and audiovisual material, a lesson's plan on the Berlin wall, and links to other cold war resources. |
| Cold War History Research Center, Budapest This English-language website has a wealth of important new information on Hungary and East Central Europe in the Cold War. Included are a detailed chronology on the United States and East Central Europe, 1945-1990, a comprehensive bibliography on Hungary's international relations, 1945-1990, and a register of all Hungarian diplomatic missions abroad, 1945-1977, as well as publications of the Center's staff. |
| Cold War International History Project (CWIHP), Washington A project by the Woodrow Wilson Center. Studies the history of the Cold War in the light of new evidence emerging from archives from the former Communist bloc. The site publishes the project's research results in full text. |
| Cold War Programme in Europe This site leads you to Cold War History, a journal assisting the move away from the view of Cold War studies as centered on the bilateral Soviet-American relationship. It is edited by a group of scholars in London and Moscow as a means of promoting innovative scholarship on the Cold War. |
| Détente und Ostpolitik An international history project by the University of Mannheim. Studies the policies and goals of the Federal Republic of Germany in connection with those of its major Western allies during the years of détente, focusing on the Neue Ostpolitik devised by Brandt and Bahr. Research results are published in full text, and online document collections are under construction. |
| Harvard Project on Cold War Studies This site includes archival resources, information about the Journal of Cold War Studies and the Harvard Cold War Studies Book Series. Links to other Cold War sites are also included. |
| Making the History of 1989 This website, published by George Mason University's Center for History and New Media, collects a variety of primary resources tracking the collapse of Communism in 1989. The site features interviews, case studies and teaching modules. |
| Margaret Thatcher Foundation Archive Forming a part of the Margaret Thatcher Foundation, the archive makes available declassified or previously unpublished documents, including extensive material on the former British prime minister's role in pivotal Cold War moments, including the 1981 Poland Crisis and the 1985 Geneva Summit. |
| Mershon Network of International Historians (MNIH) The Mershon Network of International Historians (MNIH) aims to serve the community of scholars of European International history, to promote research and transnational collaboration by posting timely information on archives, conferences, publication opportunities, fellowships, and newly-published works. |
| Mount Holyoke College Cold War Links This site has links to Cold War resources, documents, essays, speeches, interviews etc., indexed by years. Compiled by Vincent Ferraro, Professor of International Politics, Mount Holyoke College. |
| National Security Archive, Washington The NSA is an independent non-governmental research institute located at the Goerge Washington University in Washington DC. It collects and publishes declassified documents aquired through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). |
| Der Nationale Verteidigungsrat der DDR (NVR) The Military History Research Institute (Potsdam), the German Federal Archives, and the Institute of Contemporary History (Munich/Berlin) make available the formerly secret minutes of the National Defense Council of the GDR, 1960-1989. A section on the counterparts of the NVR in the other Warsaw Pact member states completes the site. |
| Nixon Tapes This website provides access to audio recordings and transcripts from the Nixon White House Cabinet Room, covering 16 February 1971 through 11 July 1973. The site features briefings and conversations with foreign leaders, Nixon’s National Security Council, CIA staff and Joint Chiefs of Staff. Among those topics discussed in the recordings are the Vietnam Peace Negotiations. |
| Occupation and the Emergence of Two States (1945-1961) This site is part of the project German History in Documents and Images (GHDI) which is a comprehensive collection of original historical materials documenting discrete periods in Germany's history. This collection addresses the occupation and emergence of the two German states, the GDR and the FRG. |
| Poznan-Budapest 1956: Common Roads to Freedom Interactive documentary on the Poznan 1956 protests, the first substantial protest of the Polish people against the Communist government, and the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, a spontaneous nationwide revolt against the Communist government of Hungary and its Soviet-imposed policies. |
| Presidental Recordings Project, Miller Center, University of Virginia The Project transcribes and analyzes the full White House recordings made during the Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon administrations. The Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson tapes together comprise well over 1,000 hours of recorded meetings and telephone calls. The Nixon tapes alone consist of 3,800 hours. |
| The Stasi in 1989 This German language website, compiled by Germany's Federal Commissioner for the Records of the National Security Service of the GDR (BstU) provides a month-by-month account of the Stasi’s activities during the year 1989, concluding with the dissolution of the infamous intelligence agency. The site features archival documents, analysis and a reading list. |
| Transatlantic Studies Association Academic association bringing together scholars in the scholars from different disciplines in order to further research and understanding of transatlantic relations. |
| The Two Germanies (1961-1989) |
| UK National Archives Learning Curve: Cold War The British site poses provocative questions for students, teachers, and anyone interested in Cold War history. The site contains six galleries that investigate the causes and effects of the Cold War. It uses a wide range of original sources including documents, photographs, film, and maps. |
| Videofact Cold War Project Videofact archives and supplies documentary features and films. Their collection features footage and documents covering various events from the Cold War period. |
| 100(0) Schlüsseldokumente der russischen und sowjetischen Geschichte (1917-1991) This project tries to present the actual state of research of the Soviet Union's history on the basis of key documents. The documents cover the topics of foreign and domestic policy, as well as social and cultural history. |
