Cold War Reference Library - Primary Sources

Cover\r......Page 1
Title Page\r......Page 5
Copyright   2004 by U•X•L. U•X•L is an imprint of The Gale Group, Inc., a division of Thomson Learning, Inc.......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Introduction......Page 12
Reader’s Guide......Page 16
U•X•L Cold War Reference Library......Page 17
Comments and suggestions......Page 18
Cold War Timeline......Page 19
1 Cold War Beginnings......Page 40
George F. Kennan......Page 44
Things to remember while reading “The Long Telegram”:......Page 46
What happened next …......Page 51
Did you know …......Page 52
For More Information......Page 53
Winston Churchill......Page 55
Things to remember while reading the excerpt from the “Iron Curtain Speech”:......Page 56
Did you know …......Page 62
For More Information......Page 63
Nikolai V. Novikov......Page 64
Things to remember while reading the “Novikov Telegram”:......Page 65
Consider the following …......Page 69
For More Information......Page 70
2 Confrontation Builds......Page 71
Harry S. Truman......Page 73
Things to remember while reading the excerpt from the Truman Doctrine:......Page 75
What happened next …......Page 79
Consider the following …......Page 80
For More Information......Page 81
George C. Marshall......Page 82
Things to remember while reading “Remarks by the Honorable George C. Marshall, Secretary of State, at Harvard University on June......Page 83
What happened next …......Page 87
Did you know …......Page 88
For More Information......Page 89
Harry S. Truman......Page 91
Things to remember while reading the excerpt from the “Special Message to the Congress on the Threat to the Freedom of Europe”:......Page 93
Consider the following …......Page 97
For More Information......Page 98
3 Communism Spreads......Page 100
Isaac Don Levine......Page 103
Things to remember while reading “Our First Line of Defense”:......Page 105
What happened next …......Page 108
For More Information......Page 109
Paul H. Nitze......Page 110
Things to remember while reading the “National Security Council Report on Soviet Intentions (NSC-68)”:......Page 111
What happened next …......Page 115
Did you know …......Page 116
For More Information......Page 117
Douglas MacArthur......Page 118
Things to remember while reading the excerpt from the “Old Soldiers Never Die; They Just Fade Away” speech, April 19, 1951:......Page 120
Did you know …......Page 125
For More Information......Page 126
4 Those Who Strove for Peace4\r......Page 127
Eleanor Roosevelt......Page 129
Things to remember while reading “Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Address to the Democratic National Convention on the Importance o......Page 130
Did you know …......Page 136
For More Information......Page 137
Dwight D. Eisenhower......Page 138
Things to remember while reading “The Chance for Peace”:......Page 141
Did you know …......Page 149
For More Information......Page 150
Dwight D. Eisenhower......Page 152
Things to remember while reading “Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy” speech:......Page 153
What happened next …......Page 158
For More Information......Page 160
5 Homeland Insecurities......Page 162
J. Edgar Hoover......Page 164
Things to remember while reading “How to Fight Communism”:......Page 166
What happened next …......Page 171
Consider the following …......Page 172
For More Information......Page 173
Ayn Rand and Ronald Reagan......Page 174
Things to remember while reading the excerpt from “Testimony from House Un-American Activities Hollywood Hearings, October 1947”......Page 175
Did you know …......Page 181
For More Information......Page 183
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)......Page 185
Things to remember while reading “One Hundred Things You Should Know About Communism in the U.S.A.”:......Page 187
What happened next …......Page 202
Consider the following …......Page 203
For More Information......Page 204
Joseph R. McCarthy......Page 205
Things to remember while reading “Speech on Communists in the U.S. State Department”:......Page 206
What happened next …......Page 210
Did you know …......Page 211
For More Information......Page 212
6 The Colorful Khrushchev......Page 213
Nikita Khrushchev......Page 215
Things to remember while reading “Crimes of Stalin Speech”:......Page 216
Did you know …......Page 221
For More Information......Page 222
Nikita Khrushchev......Page 224
Things to remember while reading “Peace and Progress Must Triumph in Our Time”:......Page 226
Did you know …......Page 231
For More Information......Page 232
7 Endangered Berlin......Page 233
John F. Kennedy......Page 237
Things to remember while reading the excerpt from “Radio and Television Report to the American People on the Berlin Crisis, July......Page 239
Did you know …......Page 243
For More Information......Page 244
Nikita Khrushchev......Page 246
Things to remember while reading the excerpt from “Khrushchev’s Secret Speech on the Berlin Crisis, August 1961”:......Page 247
Did you know …......Page 250
For More Information......Page 252
John F. Kennedy......Page 253
Things to remember while reading the excerpt from “Remarks in the Rudolph Wild Platz, Berlin, June 26, 1963”:......Page 256
What happened next …......Page 258
Did you know …......Page 259
For More Information......Page 260
8 Cuban Missile Crisis......Page 261
John F. Kennedy......Page 265
Things to remember while reading the excerpt from “Radio and Television Report to the American People on the Soviet Arms Buildup......Page 266
What happened next …......Page 270
Did you know …......Page 271
For More Information......Page 272
Nikita Khrushchev......Page 274
Things to remember while reading the excerpt from “Communiqué to President Kennedy Accepting an End to the Missile Crisis, Octob......Page 276
What happened next …......Page 281
Consider the following …......Page 282
For More Information......Page 283
9 Changing Superpower Relations in the 1970s and 1980s......Page 284
Richard M. Nixon......Page 288
Things to remember while reading the excerpt from “Informal Remarks in Guam with Newsmen (Nixon Doctrine), July 25, 1969”:......Page 289
What happened next …......Page 292
Consider the following …......Page 293
For More Information......Page 294
Richard M. Nixon......Page 295
Things to remember while reading the excerpt from “Remarks at Andrews Air Force Base on Returning from the People’s Republic of......Page 297
Did you know …......Page 301
For More Information......Page 302
Ronald Reagan......Page 303
Things to remember while reading the excerpt from “Address to the Nation on the Meetings with Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev......Page 307
Did you know …......Page 311
For More Information......Page 313
10 End of the Cold War......Page 314
Mikhail Gorbachev......Page 319
Things to remember while reading “Address to the 43rd United Nations General Assembly Session, December 7, 1988”:......Page 321
What happened next …......Page 325
Did you know …......Page 326
For More Information......Page 327
George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev......Page 328
Things to remember while reading the excerpt from “At Historic Crossroads: Documents on the December 1989 Malta Summit”:......Page 330
What happened next …......Page 336
Did you know …......Page 338
For More Information......Page 339
George Bush......Page 340
Things to remember while reading the excerpt from “End of Cold War”:......Page 341
What happened next …......Page 344
Did you know …......Page 345
For More Information......Page 346
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