This article outlines the Treaty of Bucharest, which ended the Second Balkan War in August 1913.

Provides the well-documented text of the article "The East German Communists and the Origins of the Berlin Blockade Crisis" by Charles F. Pennacchio.

This site from the Mount Holyoke College provides a list of numerous links to sources covering a broad range of topics on Stalin.

Follow the course of historical events through a series of letters among European powers! These English translations of primary source documents from German diplomatic archives concern the intervention of the European powers by forcing...

A book chapter which provides an explanation for the causes of the global depression that started in 1929. Gives several reasons, reactions, and consequences, both nationally and worldwide. Also provides a bibliography of sources.

Text of a statement by William Jennings Bryan protesting the sinking of the Lusitania by German U-boats.

Text of speech by William Jennings Bryan at the 1900 Democratic convention. Details his anti-imperialistic stance in terms of the U.S. involvement in the Philippines.

Read an excerpt from "The Significance of the Frontier in American History" by Frederick Jackson Turner.

This essay by Dale C. Copeland entitled Economic Interdependence and War: A Theory of Trade Expectations discusses the realist and liberal points of view.

The text of a conversation between President Kennedy and his advisors concerning the "prospects for success" of an American plan to send American-trained Cuban exiles to invade Cuba.

Links to declassified documents surrounding and responding to Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Includes memorandums, statements, public addresses, meeting transcripts, etc.

Discusses the list Senator Joseph McCarthy was showing to the public in early 1950, a list that purportedly stated the names of Communist Part members who worked within the State Department. This was the beginning of McCarthyism. Over...

Describes the experiences of Owen Lattimore and Val Lorwin, two individuals accused of being Communist sympathizers during the McCarthy error.

Pictures of the post-war years in Germany. Some of the pictures are clickable which give you more information on what Germany was like after the war.

The Sans-Culottes were the working men of Paris who achieved a political voice during the French Revolution of the early 1790s.

Text of speech by George Hoar denouncing U.S. involvement in the Philippines.

Replication of a speech/document delivered by Richard Olney outlining a conflict between Britain and Venezuela regarding British Guiana, which extended the purview of the Monroe Doctrine.

This article traces the diplomacy of Czar Nicholas and others to prevent the second Balkan War in 1913.

This is a telegram from the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State. It provides a typical example demonstrating the cold war relations and tensions.

This is a request from then Under Secretary of State Bowles to reconsider the covert action resulting in the Bay of Pigs invasion.

This is a State Dept. memo regarding the Bay of Pigs Invasion, this one cites the proposed action and the considerable consequences.

A few exercises to develop enunciation with the singing voice. This site takes you through a five step exercise.

Russia's reply to United States Secretary of State, John Hay's "Open Door Note" concerning trade in China.

A chart of statistics concerning European colonialism towards the end of the imperialist era.