Cold War recognition Certificate In accordance with section 1084 of the Fiscal Year 1998 National Defense Authorization Act, the Secretary of Defense approved awarding Cold War Recognition Certificates to all members of the armed forces and qualified federal government civilian personnel who faithfully and honorably served the United States during the Cold War era, from Sept. 2, 1945, to Dec. 26, 1991.
The Cold War Museum The Cold War Museum is a non-profit organization dedicated to education, preservation, and research on the global, ideological, and political confrontations between East and West from the end of World War II to the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Virtual exhibits, photos, and resources are online source for Cold War research and history.
CNN - Cold War - A documentary with interactive maps, archival footage, the key players, recently declassified documents, and touring the cold war capitals through 3-D images.
Documents Related to the Cold War - Full text original documents relating to the Cold War period. Covers the years from 1945 to 1986. A very wide range of material dealing with many points of view. Also has a retrospective section looking back on the era.
War of Ideas: A History of the Cold War - Includes biographies of the principal Cold Warriors in the West and East, detailed reports on the different facets of the Cold War, a chronology of major Cold War events, and links to external resources. Also has a Cold War game and a trivia section.
Bury Cold War Mindset: Fourth Generation Warfare Rewrites Military Strategy - Article by Jack Shanahan, Chet Richards and Franklin Spinney, 2002. Describes fourth-generation warfare that pits nations against non-national organizations or networks that include not only fundamentalist extremists, but also ethnic factions, mafias and narcotics traffickers.
AII POW-MIA - A massive POW-MIA Archive featuring news, reports, email news network, documents, daily and monthly updates, military, government and research links, testimony on Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Korea - Cold War, World War II, Russia, China and Iraq.
The Lance Missile - Summary information, photographs and links to further information on the last U.S. short-range nuclear missile of the Cold War era.
Cold Mountain - Official site about the civil war movie. Features photograph, synopsis, cast, crew, and trailers.
Contemporary Security Policy - Refereed journal providing a forum for discussion of the broadening spectrum of security issues emerging in the post-Cold War world.
The Berlin Brigade - The unofficial site for U.S Army garrison based in West Berlin during the Cold War.
Adam Ulam - Cold War Autobiography - A Harvard professor emeritus and former Russian Research director's interpretations and writings about World War II, Lenin, Stalin, Cold War, and current politics.
Intelligence Resource Program - The American intelligence community was shaped by nearly half a century of Cold War with the Soviet Union. With the end of the Cold War the community faces extraordinary challenges. This site is a comprehensive resource on the past and future of the American intelligence community.
Historic Tours - Specialists in World War II, Cold War and military veterans' tours of Europe and Australia. Travel diaries, itineraries, booking and contact information.
Britain's Small Wars (1945-2002) - Photographs, stories, background information, and other resources on British participation in conflicts in South Asia, Malaya, the Cold War, Kenya, Cyprus, Aden, Suez, Boreno, Vietnam, and elsewhere.
Area 51, Groom Lake - Declassified Cold War photos and stories about men and women participating in NASA , Atomic , Air Force, SAS and CIA OXCART, IDEALIST Projects Groom Lake, Area 51, Nevada. Deals more with traditional scientific/military aspects of Area 51.
Islam in the Post-Cold War Era - Online book analyzes the political, economic, and some other problems faced by the Islamic world and the role of Islam in the new millennium.
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