1945-1989

Examines American and Russian political relations between World War II and the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the U.S., covering such topics as the Truman Doctrine, the Korean War, the Suez Crisis, the Vietnam War, and the Chechnya rebellion.

Presents a comprehensive history of the Cold War years following World War Two, and examines how and why it happened, the major political players of that era, and how it came to an end.

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.

Presents excerpts from thirty-one primary sources related to the Cold War, including Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech, testimony from the House Un-American Activities Committee hearings, and addresses by Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev, and others, along with photos, a time line, and a further reading list.

Features primary source material from speeches, letters, and diaries on the events of the Cold War during the later part of the twentieth century, and describes the Marshall Plan, divisions of European nations, the formation of NATO, Berlin Wall, and the end of the Cold War.

Examines the ideological struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union that threatened to engulf the world in a nuclear holocaust.

Describes the potential dangers of the Cold War and explains how the U.S. and the Soviet Union negotiated peace through arms reduction.