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	The Culture of the 50s and 60s The Cold War BBC: Cold War http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/coldwar/index.shtml There is much information here on the Cold War, but the BBC does not endorse the external links. Central Intelligence Agency http://www.foia.cia.gov/search.asp?pageNumber=1&freqReqRecord=GaryPowers.txt This is a list of documents beginning in 1956, about Gary Powers and the U-2. CNN Interactive: Cold War http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/kbank/ This site is based on the special on the Cold War by CNN. They do not endorse the external links listed, only their information. CNN Interactive: Cold War: Dwight David Eisenhower http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/kbank/projfiles/eisenhower Ike was a dominant figure during the early years of the Cold war and many of the Cold War's polarizing events took place on his watch. Cold War http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ColdWar.html This overview from the educational online network, is an encyclopedia of the events and major players of the period. There is extensive information about the Cuban missile crisis. Cold War: Post War Estrangement http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/soviet.exhibit/coldwar.html There are three articles about the Cold War including Soviet Perspectives, and the Missile Crisis. The Cold War from the Wilson Center http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=topics.welcome Click on the Cold War International History Project for featured collections and then scroll through to the long list of topics. Cold War International History Project http://wwics.si.edu/index.cfm?topic_id=1409&fuseaction=topics.home&topic_id=1409 Wander around the site for pictures, information, and links. This site presents the picture of the Cold War from an international perspective with information only recently available. A wide variety of events are included such as the downfall of Soviet secret police chief Lavrenti Beria and the 1956 uprisings in Hungary and Poland. Cold War Museum http://www.coldwar.org This is a Smithsonian-affiliated institution which contains virtual exhibits the tensions of the period. Subjects such as the Berlin Wall, reconnaissance aircraft, and Cold War art work and CIA posters. A Concrete Curtain http://www.wall-berlin.org/gb/berlin.htm The division of Berlin epitomized the Cold War even before the wall was constructed. This site is sponsored by the Berlin German History Museum and is an overview of the city throughout the Cold War. It covers the partition after World War II through June 1989 when the wall came down. Documents Related to Foreign Policy http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/coldwar.htm This is an extensive list of documents from Pre-1941 to 1999. From Revolution to Reconstruction...and what happened afterwards. http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/H/1994/chap11.htm This is an ambitious work presented by the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Chapter 11 focuses on the United States from the end of World War II through the 1950's. The essays focus on the origins, impact on the world and Eisenhower's role in the Cold War. John F. Kennedy Library and Museum http://www.cs.umb.edu/jfklibrary/student_resources.html When American U-2 spy planes photographed Soviet missile sites under construction in Cuba during October of 1962, a drama began to unfold that would bring the U.S. and U.S.S.R. to the brink of nuclear war. Here are Kennedy's speeches related to the crisis and a variety of Cold War-related documents. National Archives and Records Administration http://www.archives.gov/search/index.html Use the search tool to look up events of the Cold War. Documents Related to Foreign Policy http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/coldwar.htm This is an extensive list of documents from Pre-1941 to 1999. The History Place. WWW-VL: The Cold War History 1945-1991 http://gpweb.us/VLColdWarIndex.htm Search by the year or scroll down to Virtual Libraries for more information from the National Security Archive, Presidential Directives, U.S. Intelligence, museums, timelines and much more. Interview with David Holloway http://www.stanford.edu/group/sjir/6.1.08_holloway.html American foreign policy after the Cold War. The Cold War from the Wilson Center http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=topics.welcome Click on the Cold War International History Project for featured collections and then scroll through to the long list of topics. Terrorism: How it is unlike the Cold War http://www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/archives_roll/2003_01-03/essay_2and3/essay2_kenney.html This essay is from the 2002 American Essay Contest. TOP Dwight D. Eisenhower - 52 and 56 Elections Map of the Election ‘52 http://teachpol.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist/thumbnail422.html This site contains images of political history. http://infoshare1.princeton.edu/libraries/firestone/rbsc/mudd/online_ex/stevenson/case3.html Images and information about the elections from Princeton University. http://tracweb.ed.umuc.edu/Hist219/outlines/out8.htm The University of Maryland is one of the finest of the online universities. The site is divided by bold headings which makes finding material very easy. http://www.historycentral.com/elections/1956.html History Central supplies this complete site of the 1956 election. http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/ddeisenhower.html The Internet Public Library site contains presidential election results, cabinet members, notable events, historical events and other resources. Need for Long Range Policies -John Foster Dulles http://www.nuclearfiles.org Look under Key Issues for Nuclear Weapons, History, Cold War, and Strategy or search for John Foster Dulles on Massive Retaliation. Modern History Sourcebook Eisenhower Doctrine http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1957eisenhowerdoctrine.html This message to congress was delivered by President Eisenhower on January 5, 1957. John Foster Dulles http://www.state.gov/secretary/former/40819.htm State department biography. Modern History Sourcebook http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1957Dulles-peace1.html Address by Mr. Dulles in 1957. Dynamic Peace 1950' Readings http://www.english.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/home.html Prosperity and social normality tinged… http://web.em.doe.gov/timeline/the50s.html Post war boom and prosperity http://moaa.aadl.org/PictHistory/1940-1974pg2.php Major Events in the 50’s http://history.cc.ukans.edu/heritage/abilene/ikeeven.html Prosperity and social normality http://web.em.doe.gov/timeline/the50s.html Post war boom and prosperity http://moaa.aadl.org/PictHistory/1940-1974pg2.php Major Events in the 50's http://history.cc.ukans.edu/heritage/abilene/ikeeven.html American Cultural History http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade50.html Suburia i.e. Levittown, fads, fashion, art, history and events, technology, education music, books and more. TOP Status of Women Women’s Bureau of the U. S. Department of Labor http://www.mith2.umd.edu/WomensStudies/GenderIssues/WomenInWorkforce/womens-bureau.html Census Bureau www.census.gov League of Women Voters History http://ca.lwv.org/voter/99summer/a/6future/6future.html National Organization of Women http://www.now.org/issues/economic/cea/history.html Equal Rights Amendment History The American 1950’s http://www.english.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/home.html Scroll to the “W” for a section of women in the 1950s TOP Rock and Roll, Fads, TV, Computers, Fashions Music of the 50’s http://www.fiftiesweb.com/music.htm Rock and Roll Hall of Fame http://www.rockhall.com/ Fashion, Fads, TV, and more http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade50.html Golden age of TV http://www.fiftiesweb.com/variety.htm The Fifties Index http://www.fiftiesweb.com/ Film http://shl.stanford.edu/Crowds/galleries/movies/50s/ Literature and Culture http://www.english.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/home.html Computer History http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/timeline.php?timeline_year=1950 Computer History http://www.digidome.nl/history2.htm TOP Conquest of Polio What is polio? http://www.cdc.gov/nip/publications/pink/polio.pdf Dr. Jonas Salk http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/sal0bio-1 Stop Polio Forever http://www.polioeradication.org/ TOP The 60's 1960 - 1963 John F. Kennedy Arlington National Cemetery Website http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/jfk.htm Information about the President. Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000107 POTUS President of the United States http://www.potus.com/jfkennedy.html Cuban Missile Crisis http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/cuba.htm This site contains an extensive list of documents relating to American Foreign policy and specifically to the missile crisis. Documents Relating to American Foreign Policy http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/cuba.htm Cuban Missile Crisis History of Cuba http://www.historyofcuba.com/cuba.htm Invasion at Bay of Pigs. To find out about the author, go to the home page. Presidential Library http://www.jfklibrary.org/ Look under Historical Resources for information. 1960 Election http://www.multied.com/elections/1960.html From History Central, this site covers the Republican and Democratic Convention, electoral votes, popular votes and state results. http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/elections/maps/ Presidential Election Maps: 1860 -1996 1963 - 1968 Lyndon B. Johnson Backgrounder on the Civil Rights Act http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac/39.htm Johnson and Vietnam http://www.libraryreference.org/johnson.html http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/20th/LBJ/lbj-vietnam.html Johnson's Fight for Civil Rights and related stories http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3087021 Origins of Affirmative Action http://www.now.org/nnt/08-95/affirmhs.html White House information http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/lj36.html Presidential Library http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/ Back to the Gateway to History Page

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