Search Terms:

• Cold war (909.82)

• World politics – 1945-1991

• Anticommunist movements

• Communism

• Capitalism

• Arms race

• The name of the country you are researching (check the book’s table of contents for “history” or  the index using more specific search terms)

Print Resources:

Overview

Encyclopedias:

Ø      Encyclopedia Americana /        REF 031 ENC

Ø          Encyclopedia Britannica /         REF 031 NEW   online at:  http://school.eb.com/

Ø      World Book Encyclopedia /      REF 031 WOR    online at:  http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Home

Ø          Encyclopedia of Conflicts Since World War II /      REF909.82 HIL v.1-4

Other Print Material:

The Cold War period, 1945-1992 /      973.92 COL

Red scare : memories of the American Inquisition : an oral history /       973.92 FAR

The fifty-year wound : how America's Cold War victory shapes our world /      973.92 LEE

The postwar years : the Cold War and the atomic age (1950-1959) /      973.92 STE

The Cold War : a history in documents /      973.92 WIN

Cold war America : from Hiroshima to Watergate /      973.92 WIT

The meaning of McCarthyism /      973.921 LAT

McCarthy and the fear of communism in American history /      973.921 ZEI

The Cold War, 1945-1991 /      REF 909.82 COL v.1-3

Cold War America, 1946 to 1990 /      REF 973.92 GRE

Korea

The Korean War : history and tactics /      951.9 REE

The Korean war: America’s forgotten war /    951.904 FIT

Korean War /       951.904 GAY

The Korean War : America at war /      951.904 ISS

The two Koreas /      951.904 PEL

The Korean war : “The forgotten war” /      951.904 STE

The Korean War /      951.904 YOU

Encyclopedia of the Korean War : a political, social, and military history /      REF 951.904 KOR v.1-3

Iran

Presidents from Reagan through Clinton, 1981-2001 : debating the issues /      320 PRE

The United States and Iran /      327.73055 SPE

No room for error : the covert operations of America's special tactics units /      356 CAR

Iran /      955 RAJ

Iran /      955 WAG

America held hostage : the Iran hostage crisis and the Iran-Contra affair /      973.926 LAW         

Guatemala

Culture and customs of Guatemala /      972.81 SHE

Guatemala /      972.81 SHE

Congo

Culture and customs of the Central African Republic /     967.41 WOO

Democratic Republic of the Congo /     967.51 HEA

Peoples of Africa /     REF 305.8 PEO V.3

Cuba

Cuba /      972.91 CRA

Cuba /      972.91 HOS

Culture and customs of Cuba /      972.91 LUI

Cuba /      972.91 SHE

The Cuban Missile Crisis in American history /      973.922 BRU

Thirteen days : a memoir of the Cuban missile crisis /      973.922 KEN

Chile

Chile-- in pictures /      983 HAV

Chile /      983 WIN

Culture and customs of Chile /      983.06 CAS

Afghanistan

Afghanistan /      958.1 AFG

Afghanistan /      958.1 ALI

Afghanistan in pictures /        958.1 BEH

Afghanistan /      958.1 GRI

Culture and customs of Afghanistan /      958.1 HAF

Vietnam

The Vietnam War /      808.85 VIE

Culture and customs of Vietnam /      959.7 McL

Vietnam in pictures /      959.7 TAU

A history of U.S. involvement /      959.704 DUN

Vietnam War /      959.704 GAY

The Vietnam War /      959.704 GRE

Leaders and generals /      959.704 ROB

Vietnam /       959.704 SEA

Shadow on the White House : presidents and the Vietnam War, 1945-1975 /      959.704 SHA

The secret war against Hanoi : Kennedy's and Johnson's use of spies, saboteur /      959.704 SHU

Into the quagmire : Lyndon Johnson and the escalation of the Vietnam War /      959.704 VAN

The World Almanac of the Vietnam War /      959.704 WOR

A multicultural portrait of the Vietnam War /      959.704 WRI

The Vietnam War : a history in documents /      959.704 YOU

Uncertain warriors : Lyndon Johnson and his Vietnam advisers /      973.923 BAR

Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War. a political, social, and military history /      REF 959.704 ENC v.1-3

Interent Resources:

Overview

Ø          “Cold War”  http://americanhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/exhibition/flash.html - from the Smithsonian Museum of American History

Ø          “Cold War International History Project” (primary source documents) http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1409&fuseaction=va2.browse&sort=Collection&item=The%20Korean%20War - (primary source documents) from the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Ø          “Cold War Files” http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1409&fuseaction=va2.browse&sort=Collection&item=The%20Korean%20War  - from the Cold War International History Project

Ø          “CNN Interactive: Cold War”  http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/  - (photographs, biographies, etc.) from CNN

Ø          “Learning Curve: Cold War”  http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/coldwar/default.htm - from the National Archives

Ø          “Military: Cold War” http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/cold_war.htm  - from GlobalSecurity.org.  (search for: afghanistan and "cold war")

Ø          “Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century” http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/20centry.htm#coldwar  - some interactive maps

Ø           “The Cold War”  http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/coldwar.htm  - primary source materials from the Avalon Project at Yale Law School

Ø          “National Security Archive”  http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/search.html   - primary source materials from George Washington University. 

Ø          “Eisenhower & the Cold War 1953-61”  http://history.sandiego.edu/GEN/20th/coldwarike.html - from Steve Schoenherr, Professor of History, University of San Diego

Specific Countries

Ø          “Country Studies”  http://countrystudies.us/  -  Go to the country site and look at history and government.

Ø          “Country Pages A-Z”  http://www.state.gov/misc/list/index.htm#g - from the U.S. Department of State

Ø          “Country Studies”  http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/list.html - from the Library of Congress

Ø          “The Cold War Period” http://www.csupomona.edu/~jmvadi/454/The%20Cold%20War.html - from Jose M. Vadi, Ph.D., on faculty at California State University, Pomona

Ø          “Guatemala”   http://www.coldwar.org/articles/50s/guatemala.html - from the Cold War Museum

Ø          “Revisiting Cold War Coups and Finding Them Costly: Iran and Guatemala, 1953-54” http://www.globalpolicy.org/empire/history/2003/1130coldwar.htm  - an article from the New York Times

Ø          “The “Iran Crisis” of 1945-46: A View from the Russian Archives” http://www.wilsoncenter.org/topics/pubs/ACFB51.pdf  - from the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Ø          “The War in Vietnam”  http://countrystudies.us/united-states/  - from the U.S Department of State.  Scroll down to “Postwar America” & follow pertinent links

Ø          “Documents Relating to American Foreign Policy: Cuban Missile Crisis” http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/cuba.htm  - from Vincent Ferraro, Ph.D., Mount Holyoke College

eBooks

Ø          Cold War Reference Library.    (password:  sacr_rpa)

Ø          Annals of American History.    (password:  sacr_rpa)  Browse by time period.

Writing Resources:

Ø          “Citation Style Guides”  http://dept.sccd.ctc.edu/cclib/Research_Help/Citation_Style_Guides/default.asp