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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Wilson Center: Cold War History

For Students 9th - 10th
A large collection of documents from the Cold War era.
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Harvard University

The Harvard Project on the Soviet Social System Online

For Students 9th - 10th
The Harvard Project on the Soviet Social System Online is a collection of hundreds of interviews of Soviet Refugees in the years of the Cold War. The collection is comprehensive including aspects of all walks of life of these refugees...
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US Army Center

U.s. Army Center of Military History: The Army and the New Look

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides information on the following topics: Massive Retaliation and the New Look, "The NATO Build-up," "Continental Defense," "The Missile Era," "Challenges and Responses," "The Military Budget," "Defense Reorganization," "The Dual...
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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Woodrow Wilson Center: Digital Archive: Nikita Khrushchev Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
Documents containing the thoughts and opinions of Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev. Most are from Russian archives, along with a few Bulgarian and Romanian documents. The collection includes comments on Stalin, the post-Stalin Soviet...
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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Woodrow Wilson Center: Digital Archive: Mass Media and Censorship

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a small collection of primary source documents discussing propaganda and media control in the Soviet Union. Most documents are from the 1970s and 80s, and they are varied in both type and source. In general, the documents discuss...
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Other

Nuclearfiles.org: Oppenheimer Affair

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Nuclearfiles.org allows you to read about Robert J. Oppenheimer's role in the Manhattan Project, as head of the Atomic Energy Commission and then his dismissal as a "security threat" to the U.S. government during the era...