Browse Items (65 total)
- Collection: Cold War - Fall 2023
Mind-sets and missiles : a first hand account of the Cuban missile crisis / Kenneth Michael AbsherThis document contains a first hand account of the Cuban Missile Crisis and how it was addressed by US officials.
Burial of American DeadCarl Mydans was coming to the end of his assignment as TIME-LIFE bureau chief in Tokyo when North Korea decided to invade South Korea. During the…
President Truman's Statement on the Situation in Korea, 1950In this press release, President Truman announced that he was committing American forces to a combined United Nations military effort in Korea. The…
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…
Video form of the automobile in Germany during the blockade. Video was created in 1951.
In this excerpt, President John F. Kennedy outlines why the space program is vital to national interests, what its benefits will be, how many national…
A 1959 cigarette company trading card featuring Laika, the Sputnik dog.Within a month of the launch of Sputnik, the first satellite, Soviets launched a second satellite, Sputnik 2. This satellite had a dog named Laika…
An excerpt from footage of the Apollo 11 lunar landing, 1969.After some setbacks and second place finishes to the Soviets, the United States successfully became the first nation to land a man on the moon.…
Signing the Korean Armistice, 1953In this photograph, General W. K. Harrison, Jr., at the left table, signs the armistice ending the three-year Korean conflict. North Korean General…
"The Berlin blockade brought former allies to the brink of war. Britain, France, the United States and the Soviet Union defeated and began their…