Kids learn about the history of the Collapse of the Soviet Union which put an end to the Cold War.

This site gives a very brief mention of free elections that were agreed to at the end of the WWII. Site gives a great overview of how the Cold War emerged out of WWII. A very nice analysis!

Read how the dropping of the atomic bombs planted the seeds of hostility between the United States and the USSR.

Learn about the Berlin airlift, NATO, and the National Security Act.

Read about the US's early attempts to contain communism through economic and military aid.

After Fidel Castro loosened emigration policies, some 125,000 Cubans landed on U.S. shores over a span of five months. The Mariel Boatlift of 1980 was a mass emigration of Cubans to the United States. The exodus was driven by a stagnant...

After Fidel Castro loosened emigration policies, some 125,000 Cubans landed on U.S. shores over a span of five months. The Mariel Boatlift of 1980 was a mass emigration of Cubans to the United States. The exodus was driven by a stagnant...

Outline of later Vietnam War struggles during the Nixon era and U.S. relations with Communist countries.

At the end of World War II, the Yalta Conference saw the splitting of Germany into four zones and the United States began a policy of containment of communism.

Explains President Truman's plan to contain communism, which signaled the end of American isolationism. Also discusses America's pledge of financial aid to rebuild Europe with the Marshall Plan.

Discusses the Berlin airlift, NATO, and the National Security Act.

End-of-the-Cold-War timeline, which enumerates events that led up to the collapse of the Soviet empire during the Reagan administration, is both an account of the period and a retrospective of Reagan's policies vis-a-vis the Soviets,...

The National Portrait Gallery presents a look at presidential actions and decisions about the Cold War. Click on Ronald Reagan to see how his anti-Communist beliefs led to increases in the defense budget, but also, by the end of his...

This site from the Library of Congress discusses the progress of World War II, and the nature of the postwar settlement at conferences in Tehran, Yalta, and Potsdam.

The BBC provides a detailed 5 page overview of the Korean War that took place in the mid-1950s.

This site details the placing of intermediate-range nuclear missiles in Cuba by the Soviet Union. The article discusses why Khrushchev did this, and what the U.S. did about this. Also provided is the text to Krushchev's letter to JFK...

This article examines the Soviet Union's concerns about its sphere of influence during the Cold War and its desire to protect its interests.

This site provides links to primary source Cold War propaganda from East Germany.

This article details the occupation of Latvia by the Soviet Union following World War II and during the Cold War.

This article discusses the Soviet Republic that existed in Lithuania during the Cold War.

This site gives a great overview of the early Cold War under President Truman. Describes relations with the Soviet Union, the atomic bomb, actions in western Europe, and the Korean War. A great piece that gives the reader a fantastic...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This 5-page PDF is the nonfiction article "Truman and His Doctrine: Revolutionary, Unprecedented, and Bipartisan" by Elizabeth Edwards Spalding which discusses Truman's policy to provide aid to Turkey...

Art historical context and analysis of an exhibition of Picasso's work on the artist's interest in representations of war and peace during the cold war period [Tate Liverpool, 2010]. This illustrated educator's pack, though designed to...

This article details the significance of the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan, focusing on how these documents demonstrate the growing tensions between the United States and Russia during the Cold War. Archived.