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Soviet authorities say one of the atomic reactors at the nuclear power plant in Kiev was damaged. Radiation had spread very far and slowly revealing the lies of the Soviet Union

mdp-39015075681620-3-1700293103.pdf
This document contains a first hand account of the Cuban Missile Crisis and how it was addressed by US officials.

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

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

Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty).pdf
The treaty marked the first agreement between the two superpowers to reduce their nuclear arsenals, rather than simply limit their growth. It specifically required the elimination of all ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with ranges…

Cold War Doc #1 (dragged).pdf
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 destruction would be decisive to the outcome of a U.S.-Soviet war.
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