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LaFeber America Russia and the Cold War Cover
America, Russia, and the Cold War 1945 - 2002: Updated, 9/e
Walter LaFeber, Cornell University

A New World Order - Or the Age of Fragmentation?

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US Presidential Election, 1988

1988 Presidential and Vice-Presidential Debates
(http://www.debates.org/pages/debhis88.html)

Transcripts and audio-visuals of the 1988 presidential debates between Vice President George H.W. Bush and Governor Michael Dukakis, and of the 1988 vice-presidential debate between Senator Dan Quayle and Senator Lloyd Bentsen.
George H.W. Bush

Comprehensive biography of George H.W. Bush
(http://www.americanpresident.org/history/georgehwbush/)

Includes links to a variety of topics, including campaigns, foreign and domestic policies, and personal life, among others.
George H.W. Bush Library

Official library and museum of President George H.W. Bush.
(http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/)

Richard Cheney

Political biography of Secretary of Defense Cheney.
(http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/secdef_histories/bios/cheney.htm)

James Baker III

Interview with Secretary Baker in which he discusses his time as Secretary of State.
(http://www.pbs.org/newshour/gergen/baker.html)

Interview with Secretary Baker regarding biological weapons.
(http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/plague/interviews/baker.html)

Operation Just Cause: Invasion of Panama

General overview of Operation Just Cause
(http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/ops/just_cause.htm)

Includes links to a variety of different aspects of the Invasion of Panama.
U.S. Army history of Operation Just Cause
(http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/documents/panama/just.htm)

With military maps, strategy, operations, and photographs.
Variety of links relating to Operation Just Cause
(http://www.specialoperations.com/Operations/Just_Cause/default.html)

Includes documents, photographs, lessons learned, etc.
US v. Noriega, text of decision.
(http://www.law.emory.edu/11circuit/july97/92-4687.man.html)

Political biography of Manuel Noriega
(http://www.cnn.com/resources/newsmakers/world/namerica/noriega.html)

Includes a searchable database for archived news stories concerning Noriega.
Poland's Solidarity Movement, 1989

Chronicles the Solidarity Movement in Poland.
(http://www.planetpapers.com/Assets/351.php)

Perestroika and Glasnost

Outlines the concepts of Glasnost and Perestroika
(http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/36264.html)

Includes links to related actors and events.
Related Article on Glasnost and Perestroika
Saddam Hussein

Chronicles Hussein's involvement in the Gulf War.
(http://www.fsmitha.com/h2/ch36.htm)

Summary of Iraq under Saddam Hussein.
(http://www.fas.org/news/iraq/2000/02/iraq99.htm)

Includes the impact of U.S. sanctions, oil, war crimes, regional power, U.S. policy, and more. Also includes economic and military charts.
Persian Gulf War: Operation Desert Storm

Covers ongoing conflict with Iraq
(http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/ops/iraq.htm)

includes details about each military operation, maps, reconnaissance photographs, news articles and analysis, and an extensive list of links.
PBS account of the Gulf War.
(http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/thome.html)

Includes maps, weapons and technology, chronology, personal accounts, and oral histories of the major actors.
CNN's account of the Gulf War.
(http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/gulf.war/)

Contains biographies, timelines, maps, and photographs, among many other features.
Analysis of military use in Persian Gulf War.
(http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/ops/desert_storm.htm)

Includes general links, documents, and links to articles.
Extensive list of links to a variety of conventional Gulf War topics
(http://members.aol.com/veterans/warlib6i.htm)

Includes art, accounts of Gulf War illness, and many other sections.
Declassified documents relating to Operation Desert Storm.
(http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB39/)

Soviet view (from the Foreign Military Studies Office) of Desert Storm.
(http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/ops/docs/rs-storm.htm)

Photographs of the Gulf War.
(http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/photos/gulf_war/INDEX.HTM)

Colin Powell

Political biography of General Powell
(http://www.nowarcollective.com/powellbio.htm)

Highlights his involvement in the Vietnam War, the Invasion of Panama, and the Gulf War.
Arms Control

Text of all arms control agreements (including START I & II and the ABM Treaty).
(http://www.fas.org/nuke/control/index.html)

Includes chronologies, treaty and weapons analyses, and extensive links.
U.S. Department of State summary and text of the SALT II treaty.
(http://www.state.gov/www/global/arms/treaties/salt2-1.html)

Analysis of President Carter and SALT II.
(http://www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/AD_Issues/Amdipl_2/Oyos_1.html#Oyos)

Russian August Coup, 1991

Day-by-day account of failed August, 1991 coup.
(http://www.russia.net/~oldrn/history/coup.html)

Multimedia account of the coup on its ten-year anniversary.
(http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/europe/russia/1991/index.html)

Includes archived PBS segments from 1991.
Boris Yeltsin

Political biography of Russian President Yeltsin.
(http://www.cs.indiana.edu/hyplan/dmiguse/Russian/bybio.html)

Includes articles about Yeltsin as well as many links to relevant actors, events, and organizations.
U.S. Presidential Election, 1992

PBS transcripts of the three 1992 presidential debates and one vice-presidential debate.
(http://www.pbs.org/newshour/debatingourdestiny/1992.html)

Also includes interviews with the candidates and links to the Newshour post-debate analyses.
Transcripts of the 1992 Presidential and Vice Presidential Debates
(http://www.debates.org/pages/debhis92.html)

Transcripts and audio-visuals of the 1992 presidential debates between President George H.W. Bush, Governor Bill Clinton, and H. Ross Perot, and of the 1992 vice presidential debate between Vice President Dan Quayle, Senator Al Gore, Jr. and Admiral (ret.) James Stockdale.
NATO and Its Future

Extensive analysis of prospects for NATO's expansion.
(http://www.fas.org/man/nato/index.html)

Includes relevant documents and links.
Analysis of the role of NATO after fifty years and its future.
(http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/nato/)

Essay, "Did NATO Win the Cold War?"
(http://www.gwu.edu/%7Ensarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB14/index.htm)