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DP History Cold War: Developments

What were the origins?

Arms Race / Space Race

Face to Face with Armageddon
PDF: You'll need the password from home
Churchill, the H-bomb and Nuclear Disarmament
The Moon Landing through Soviet Eyes
Interview with Kruschev's son.
Bikini Bombshell
The Arms Race
Nuclear Arms Race
Cold War and Proliferation
Lecture ppt
A Cold War Without Nuclear Weapons

Leaders

Decision Makers and Major Players
Kennedy and the Cold War
The Presidency and the Cold War
Photos from the National Portrait Gallery
Korean War: Communist Leaders and their Policies
Cold War Leaders
Google Book
Kruschev's Cold War
Effect of Kruschev on the Cold War
Kruschev Visits America, Part I : Comedy of Errors
KVA: Part II
Eisenhower and the Cold War
Gorbachev
Reagan and Gorbachev: Shutting the Cold War Down

Policies

Containment
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Truman Doctrine
Peaceful Coexistence: Russian Perspective
Kruschev: On Peaceful Coexistence
Article in Foreign Affair
Peaceful Coexistence: A Western View
Kennan's response to the Kruschev article
Detente
History.com: Detente
Marshall Plan
Domino Theory
Cold War Containment: The Role of the Military
How Important was the Domino Theory?
Hollywood and the Cold War Blacklist

Cold War and Asia

Developments