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Excerpt from report by the Ad Hoc Committee to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, “Evaluation of Effect on Soviet War Effort Resulting from the Strategic Air Offensive,” 12 May 1949, Top Secret, excised copy.

The first systematic effort to estimate the destruction to the Soviet Union that a U.S. atomic attack would cause and the extent to which the…

Treaty Between The United States Of America And The Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics On The Elimination Of Their Intermediate-Range And Shorter-Range Missiles (INF Treaty)

The treaty marked the first agreement between the two superpowers to reduce their nuclear arsenals, rather than simply limit their growth. It…

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Police officers arresting Charles Butler and John Lewis after the Freedom Riders arrived at the Greyhound station in Birmingham, Alabama

White police officers are shown holding the arms of the Freedom Riders outside of the Greyhound station

Italian Americans gather on apartment building fire escapes

Italian Americans gather on apartment building fire escapes waving flags, probably celebrating the armistice between Italy and the Allies