The Cold War (1945-1991)

Cover......Page 1
About the pagination of this eBook......Page 2
DEFINING DOCUMENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY: The Cold War (1945-1991), Volume 1......Page 4
Table of Contents......Page 8
Publisher’s Note......Page 12
Editor’s Introduction......Page 14
Contributors......Page 18
POSTWAR COLD WAR......Page 22
Potsdam Agreement......Page 24
Stalin’s Election Speech, 1946......Page 38
Churchill’s “ Iron Curtain” Speech......Page 46
Truman Doctrine Speech......Page 55
Speech on the Marshall Plan......Page 61
"The Sources of Soviet Conduct"......Page 66
Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (Rio Treaty)......Page 78
Vyshinsky’s Speech to the UN General Assembly......Page 85
NATO Treaty......Page 89
Memorandum on Lifting the Soviet Blockade......Page 93
Dean Acheson on the “Loss” of China......Page 96
Atomic Explosion in the USSR......Page 100
International Control of Atomic Energy......Page 103
NSC 68: “United States Objectives and Programs for National Security”......Page 112
Report to the American People on Korea and US Policy in the Far East......Page 118
Statement by President Truman upon Signing the Mutual Security Act......Page 124
President Eisenhower—“The Chance for Peace”......Page 128
Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States and the Republic of Korea......Page 135
A “New Look” at National Defense Policy......Page 139
“ Atoms for Peace”......Page 146
CIA Summary of the Overthrow of Premier Mossadeq of Iran......Page 153
Balkan Pact......Page 159
President Eisenhower to the President of the Council of Ministers of Vietnam......Page 164
Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty......Page 167
Baghdad Pact......Page 171
President Sukarno’s Address at the Bandung Conference......Page 175
Warsaw Pact......Page 184
Khrushchev on the “Cult of Personality” and Its Consequences......Page 188
Senator John F. Kennedy on America’s Stake in Vietnam......Page 197
Resolution of Hungarian Student Protestors......Page 203
Mao on the “Correct Handling of Contradictions among the People”......Page 207
Launching of the Sputnik Satellite......Page 216
Eisenhower on Science in National Security......Page 220
“Communism in the Americas”......Page 227
Fidel Castro’s Speech at Twenty-One Nations Conference......Page 235
Nixon and Khrushchev: The Kitchen Debate......Page 240
Antarctic Treaty......Page 245
THE RED SCARE......Page 252
Executive Order 9835......Page 254
Testimony of J . Edgar Hoover before the House Un-American Activities Committee......Page 262
Ronald Reagan’s Testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee......Page 267
Testimony Regarding C ommunist Investigations......Page 272
Testimony of Whittaker Chambers (Excerpted)......Page 277
Senator Joseph McCarthy’s Speech to the Republican Women’s Club of Wheeling, West Virginia......Page 283
“Declaration of Conscience”......Page 287
Rosenberg Case Excerpts......Page 293
In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer......Page 301
Censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy......Page 308
DEFINING DOCUMENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY: The Cold War (1945-1991), Volume 2......Page 312
Table of Contents......Page 316
ESCALATION AND DÉTENTE......Page 322
The U2 Spy-Plane Incident—Excerpts of a Speech by Khrushchev......Page 324
Eisenhower’s Farewell Address......Page 329
Telegram from the US Mission in Berlin regarding the Sealing-off of East Berlin......Page 334
Fidel Castro: S econd Declaration of Havana......Page 338
JFK: “W e Choose to Go to the Moon”......Page 342
JFK: Report on the Soviet Arms Buildup in Cuba......Page 347
JFK: “ A Strategy of Peace”......Page 353
JFK: “I ch bin ein Berliner”......Page 360
Televised Interview with President Kennedy......Page 364
Limited Test Ban Treaty......Page 370
On Alleged Soviet and Cuban Connections with Lee Harvey Oswald......Page 374
The Gulf of Tonkin Incident......Page 378
LBJ: “Peace Without Conquest”......Page 382
Treaty on the Exploration and Use of Outer Space......Page 389
The “Two Thousand Words” Manifesto......Page 395
Nixon on the “Silent Majority” and “Vietnamization”......Page 399
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty......Page 409
Kissinger Memo regarding Policy toward Chile......Page 415
Nuclear Accidents Measures Agreement......Page 422
Documents Relating to Normalization of Relations between the United States and the People’s Republic of China......Page 426
Biological Weapons Convention......Page 432
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty......Page 437
Jackson-Vanik Amendment......Page 443
Helsinki Accords (Excerpt)Date:......Page 447
Margaret Thatcher’s “ Iron Lady” Speech......Page 450
US Contingency Plans in Light of Cuban-Soviet Intervention in Angola......Page 457
Charter 77......Page 462
SALT II......Page 467
END GAME......Page 472
Documents Relating to the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan......Page 474
CIA Cable on the Situation in Poland......Page 479
Ronald Reagan’s “Evil Empire” Speech......Page 483
Able Archer ’83: The Soviet “ War Scare”......Page 490
Ronald Reagan on the Strategic Defense Initiative......Page 498
Ronald Reagan’s “Tear Down This Wall” Speech......Page 502
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty......Page 509
Mikhail Gorbachev’s UN Speech......Page 521
US Embassy Cables Concerning the Crackdown in Tiananmen Square......Page 529
Egon Krenz Letter to Mikhail Gorbachev......Page 534
Gorbachev’s Farewell Address......Page 537
APPENDIXES......Page 542
Chronological List......Page 544
Web Resources......Page 547
Bibliography......Page 550
Index......Page 560