1945-1989

Presents a selection of readings that provide information and insights into the major events of 1961, covering Kennedy's inauguration speech, the Peace Corps, the Bay of Pigs, the space race, civil rights, student activism, the Cold War, folk music, Hemingway's suicide, youth, the nuclear threat, and U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

Reprints twenty-four significant speeches of the Cold War era, including selections by Winston Churchill, Mao Tse-tung, John F. Kennedy, Albert Einstein, Ronald Reagan, and others in which they discuss the fear of communist aggression, coercion and crisis, the threat of nuclear war, the struggle for peace, and the Berlin Wall.

As eleven-year-old Franny Chapman deals with drama at home and with her best friend in 1962, she tries to understand the larger problems in the world after President Kennedy announces that Russia is sending nuclear missiles to Cuba. Features historic quotations and photographs.

A collection of introductory essays on the causes of conflict, descriptions of various diplomatic efforts, and a discussion of conflicts that changed the course of post-World War II history from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.

Contains 1,099 entries that offer a comprehensive overview of the Cold War, discussing significant figures, important battles, economic developments, cultural events, technological developments, and major treaties and agreements. Includes seven hundred images, fifty tables and graphs, forty-seven maps, and primary source documents.

Traces the history of the Cold War from its origins in the aftermath of World War II to its abrupt end with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.

A detailed analysis of the 1945 Yalta Conference that describes the politics and the roles of Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill in the controversial summit.