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- Collection: Cold War - Fall 2023
A few months after the Apollo disaster, Werner argues that the space program has numerous benefits. Among these is it raises the prestige of the…
There's no space for weapons in space! ...Drawing of a dove in outer space (wearing a space helmet) hovering over planet Earth.
[U2 high altitude weather research plane]Image of a U2 research plane that was used during the Cold War
- Associated Press photograph.
- No. L6176.
- New York World-Telegram and the Sun…
Current Capabilities of the Northern Korean Regime, 1950This report assesses the capabilities of North Korea in reference to; the Soviet position, the current political, economic, and military situations,…
Letter, Kim II Sung to Comrade Stalin I.V., 1951Letter from Kim Il Sung to Stalin informing him of lead shipments from the DPRK to the
Soviet Union and China.
A 1961 model of Explorer I, the first American satellite to orbit the earth.Explorer I was launched on January 31, 1958, four months after the Soviet Union launched the Sputnik satellite.
A 1961 American political cartoon published after cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space.On April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space when he completed a 108-minute orbital flight. The Soviets used this…
Khrushchev on Cuban Crisis 1962Speech by Soviet leader Khrushchev in December 1962 covering the causes and consequences of the Cuban Crisis. (Catalogue ref: FO 371/171934)
One Step from Nuclear WarThe Executive Committee of the National Security Council (ExComm), meeting in the White House Cabinet Room, sorted through intelligence and advised…
Proposed Orders and Statement on Dismissal of General MacArthurFormerly classified "Top Secret," this document is President Harry Truman's order relieving General Douglas MacArthur of his Korean War commands due…