Web Links

U.S. Foreign Policy, 1958-60
U.S. Department of State documents on the foreign relations of the U.S. (http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/frus/frus58-60x1/index.html) Involving Eastern Europe during the Eisenhower Administration, 1958-60.

Charles De Gaulle
Time Magazine's Man of the Year article on Charles De Gaulle, 1958. (http://www.time.com/time/poy2001/archive/1958.html)

Lebanon Crisis
Essay on the Lebanon Crisis, 1958. (http://www.lcps-lebanon.org/pub/breview/br5/gergesbr5pt1.html)

U.S. Presidential Election, 1960
Transcript and video of the 1960 televised debate between Kennedy and Nixon. (http://www.debates.org/pages/debhis60.html)



Video clips of the televised debate between Kennedy and Nixon. (http://www.earthstation1.com/Nixon_Kennedy_Debates.html)



Covers election primaries, results, and congressional context. (http://ustudies.semo.edu/ui320-75/course/presidents/kennedy/1960%20Election.htm)



Variety of video clips surrounding the1960 presidential election. (http://www.ammi.org/cgi-bin/video/years.cgi?1960,,100,,D)

John F. Kennedy
Official presidential library for John F. Kennedy. (http://www.cs.umb.edu/jfklibrary/)



Photographical biography of John F. Kennedy, from his childhood to his death. (http://www.historyplace.com/kennedy/gallery.htm)



Wide range of links to all facets of John F. Kennedy's life and death. (http://www.math.unl.edu/~lcharbon/JFK/)



U.S. Department of State documents of the Kennedy administration. (http://www.state.gov/www/about_state/history/frus.html)



Time Magazine's Man of the Year article on President Kennedy, 1961. (http://www.time.com/time/poy2001/archive/1961.html)

U-2 Incident
Documents (telegrams, notes, memorandums, etc.) surrounding U-2 Crisis. (http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/u2.htm)

Berlin Crisis
Interactive site with maps, pictures, and descriptions of how the Berlin Wall functioned. (http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/09/maps/)



A history of the Berlin Wall, from its creation to its destruction. (http://www.wall-berlin.org/gb/berlin.htm) A detailed presentation of the Wall's history with many photographs.



A detailed presentation of the Wall's history with many photographs. (http://www.turnerlearning.com/cnn/coldwar/wall/wall_res.html)



The Berlin Crisis and the Khrushchev-Ulbricht Summits in Moscow, June 9 and 18, 1959. (http://www.cia.gov/csi/books/17240/art-8.html)



President Kennedy's speech on the Berlin Crisis, 1961. (http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/09/documents/kennedy/)



Documents pertaining to espionage in Berlin between 1946 and 1961. (http://www.odci.gov/csi/books/17240/index.html) Includes sections on the beginning of the intelligence war, intelligence documents relating to the Berlin Airlift, the Berlin Crisis, the Berlin Wall, and a variety of day-to-day intelligence accounts, among other Berlin-related intelligence documents during the time period.



Exchange of notes between the U.S. and the USSR concerning the Berlin Wall, August, 1961. (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1961berlin-usa-ussr.html)

Bay of Pigs
Detailed account of the Bay of Pigs invasion with pictures of players and map of invasion. (http://www.parascope.com/articles/1296/bayofpigs.htm)



History of the Bay of Pigs invasion (http://www.historyofcuba.com/history/baypigs/pigs.htm) Categories of introduction, plan, invasion, victory, and aftermath.



Primary source documents related to the Bay of Pigs invasion, ranging from 1958-1962. (http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/cuba.htm) Includes National Security Council briefings, memoranda, military reports, photographs, and many other resources.



Many articles from major newspapers concerning all aspects of the Bay of Pigs invasion. (http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~delacova/baypigs.htm) Includes pictures and a variety of maps of Cuba and the invasion.



Essay analyzing Inspector General's probe into the CIA following the Bay of Pigs invasion. (http://www.cia.gov/csi/studies/winter98-99/art08.html)

Fidel Castro
Castro's speeches and writings, as well as essays on Castro. (http://www.marxists.org/history/cuba/archive/castro/) Also includes links to Marxist sites and links to other Marxist leaders.



Hundreds of speeches made by Fidel Castro from 1959-1996. (http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/la/cb/cuba/castro.html) Speeches are in text form and are available for browsing or through the searchable database.

Space Race
Documents, speeches, photographs, and articles related to the Soviet launch of Sputnik. (http://www.turnerlearning.com/cnn/coldwar/sputnik/sput_res.html)



Analysis of the ways that Sputnik affected American public opinion and public perception ... (http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/sputnik/oct58.html)



Summary assessment by the U.S. Information Agency, 1959, on the impact of the U.S. and So... (http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/sputnik/july59.html)



John F. Kennedy speech on the space challenge, 1962. (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1962JFK-space.html)



NASA's history of manned lunar spacecraft. (http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4205/contents.html)



Photographical history of the Apollo 11 mission. (http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/apollo11/index.html)



Time Magazine's Man of the Year article on astronauts Anders, Borman, and Lovell, 1968. (http://www.time.com/time/poy2001/archive/1968.html)

Jupiter Missles, ICBMs, and the Missile Gap
Brief history of the movement of Jupiter missiles to the Middle East. (http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/theater/jupiter.htm) Includes pictures of the missiles.



History of the Jupiter missile, including development history, basing strategy in Turkey,... (http://www.spaceline.org/rocketsum/jupiter.html)



Descriptions, background, and history of the Jupiter missile. (http://www.spaceline.org/rocketsum/jupiter.html)



History and technical information about the Jupiter missile. (http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/outdoor/od7.htm)



Provides history of ICBM and cruise missiles with links to descriptions and pictures of m... (http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/icbm/)



Document estimates Soviet military capacities and research and development, 1967. (http://www.odci.gov/csi/books/princeton/nie_11_67.pdf)

Mao's Great Leap Forward
Historical analysis of the Great Leap Forward. (http://www.mindground.net/glp.html)



Essay about the Great Leap Forward. (http://138.110.28.9/courses/sgabriel/economics/china-essays/4.html)



Response to criticisms of Mao's Great Leap Forward. (http://www.etext.org/Politics/MIM/wim/mythsofmao.html)



Propaganda posters for the Great Leap Forward. (http://www.iisg.nl/~landsberger/glf.html)

Alliance for Progress
Text of Act of Bogota, 1960. (http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/intdip/interam/intam08.htm)



President Kennedy's address to Latin American Diplomats concerning the Alliance for Progr... (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1961kennedy-afp1.html)



The Inter-American Committee's report on Latin American Economies and the Alliance for Pr... (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1965iap-afp1.html)

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