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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 Containment: The Rise and Fall of Detente (1966-1976)

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Leonid Brezhnev

Brezhnev's political biography.
(http://www.historyguide.org/europe/brezhnev.html)

Full text of the Brezhnev Doctrine.
(http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1968brezhnev.html)

Prague Spring

Interactive site chronicling the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.
(http://library.thinkquest.org/C001155/index1.htm?tqskip=1)

Includes documents, photographs, video, biographies, and more.
Essay about the Prague Spring.
(http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/CWIHP/BULLETINS/b3a3.htm)

Détente

Examines US-Soviet détente of 1969-75.
(http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/16/)

Includes multimedia section as well as interview transcripts, documents, biographies, a timeline, and historical features.
Maps, documents, and bibliography provide a broad treatment of détente.
(http://www.turnerlearning.com/cnn/coldwar/detente/dete_res.html)

Outline of important events and topics involved in the détente of the Nixon Administratio...
(http://history.acusd.edu/gen/20th/nixon-detente.html)

US Presidential Election, 1968, and the Democratic National Convention, Chicago

Account of 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
(http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/1553/)

Includes timeline and links to documents, articles, and essays.
Trial of the seven individuals accused of inciting the riot at the 1968 Democratic Nation...
(http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/Chicago7/chicago7.html)

Includes trial transcripts, decisions, audio clips, and biographies of the accused.
Richard Nixon

Comprehensive biography of Richard Nixon
(http://www.americanpresident.org/KoTrain/Courses/RN/RN_In_Brief.htm)

Links to a variety of topics, including campaigns, foreign and domestic policies, and personal life, among others.
Biography of Richard Nixon's political career with links to related players.
(http://www.americanpresident.org/history/richardnixon/)

Audio clips of various Nixon speeches.
(http://www.webcorp.com/sounds/nixon.htm)

Timeline of the Nixon Administration's involvement with the Vietnam War, 1969-75.
(http://history.acusd.edu/gen/20th/nixon-vietnam.html)

Timeline of the Nixon Administration's involvement in the Middle East, 1973-75.
(http://history.acusd.edu/gen/20th/nixon-mideast.html)

Includes related events.
Nixon Doctrine

Full text of the
(http://www.uiowa.edu/~c030162/Common/Handouts/POTUS/Nixon.html)

Kent State

Variety of resources analyzing the Kent State incident.
(http://www.library.kent.edu/exhibits/4may95/index.html)

Covers 1970 Kent State shootings.
(http://allsands.com/History/Events/kentstateshoot_tez_gn.htm)

Nixon and China

Documents related to U.S. perceptions of the Sino-Soviet border tensions of 1969.
(http://www.gwu.edu/%7Ensarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB49/)

Include U.S. discussions of possible Sino-Soviet war.
Documents pertaining to U.S.-China relations beginning in 1960 and extending through 1998.
(http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB19/)

Intends to illustrate the change from hostility to engagement.
Extensive collection of photographs detailing President Nixon's trip to China in 1972.
(http://www.gmu.edu/library/specialcollections/nixon_in_china.html)

Summary and seven documents cataloguing Nixon's 1972 talks with Chinese Premier Zhou Enla...
(http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/publications/DOC_readers/kissinger/nixzhou/)

CIA and Chile

CIA guidance cable regarding the overthrow of Allende from power in Chile.
(http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/18/documents/cia.chile/)

New York Times article describing the CIA's role in overthrowing Allende.
(http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/ciachile.htm)

Examines the responsibility of the U.S. government in the Chilean coup.
(http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20040101faresponse83116/william-d-rogers-kenneth-maxwell/fl... )

Includes documents and several links to relevant sources.
1975 report to the U.S. Senate special committee to study governmental intelligence actio...
(http://www.fas.org/irp/ops/policy/church-chile.htm)

Photographs and declassified documents relating to the coup carried out by Pinochet.
(http://www.gwu.edu/%7Ensarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB8/nsaebb8i.htm)

War Powers Resolution

Full text of the
(http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/warpower.htm)

Watergate

Extensive documentation of the Pentagon Papers.
(http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB48/)

Links include audio and text-based transcripts of the Nixon Tapes, the court arguments of The New York Times and the Washington Post, the text of the Supreme Court decision and opinions, audio and transcripts of Nixon's conversations, and excerpts from the memoirs of Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger, and H.R. Haldeman.
Washington Post's coverage of Watergate.
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/watergate/front.htm)

Includes the story's development, analysis of Deep Throat, timeline, analysis of the key players, etc.
Gerald Ford

Comprehensive biography of Gerald Ford
(http://www.americanpresident.org/history/geraldford/)

Links to a variety of topics including campaigns, foreign and domestic policies, and personal life, among others.
Library and archives of President Ford.
(http://www.ford.utexas.edu/)

James Schlesinger

Political biography of Secretary Schlesinger.
(http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/secdef_histories/bios/schlesinger.htm)

Donald Rumsfeld

Political biography of Secretary Rumsfeld.
(http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/secdef_histories/bios/rumsfeld.htm)

SS Mayaguez

Site about the SS Mayaguez incident
(http://www.usmm.org/mayaguez.html)

Includes maps, photographs, and links.