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Part 1: The Origins of the Cold War to 1968

1. Setting the Stage: The American Ideal and the Bolshevik Revolution

2. World War II and the Origins of Cold War Tensions

The Atlantic Charter - read in Debating the Origins of the Cold War, 65-66.

Comments on the Results of the Decisions Made at the Yalta Conference - read in Debating the Origins of the Cold War, 67-68.

The Baruch and Gromyko Plans for Control of Atomic Weapons

Highlights of Stalin's Election Speech, Feb 9, 1946

3. The Decent of the Iron Curtain, 1945-1947

Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech, March 1946

Excerpts from Pravada's Interview with Stalin

The Long Telegram - read in Debating the Origins of the Cold War, 69-75.

Stalin to Politburo Four - read in Debating the Origins of the Cold War, 155-156.

Truman's "Special Message to the Congress on Greece and Turkey" (The Truman Doctrine), 8-12.

4. The Onset of the Cold War, 1947-1952

"European Initiative Essential to Economic Recover (The Marshall Plan), 13-16.

"George F. Kennan: 'The Sources of Soviet Conduct" (The X Article)

"United States Objective and Programs for National Security (NSC-68), 26-31.

The Communist Coup in Czechoslovakia, February 1948

The NATO Alliance, 1949

5. The Fall of China and the Korean War, 1945-1953

The Korean War Documents, 36-45

"Acheson on the Communist Triumph in China"

"Mao Proclaims the People's Republic of China, October 1, 1949"

"The Soviet-Chinese Friendship Treaty, Feb 1950"

6. Anti-Communism at Home, 1945-1954

Senator Joseph McCarthy, "Address to the League of Women Voters," 22-25.

Senator Margaret Chase Smith, "Declaration of Conscience," 32-35.

"Sentencing of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg," 46-47.

"Testimony Before the House Committee on Un-American Activities," 62-65.

7. The Soviet Union After Stalin, 1953-1956

"The Warsaw Pact"

Nikita Khrushchev's "Secret Speech"

The Hungarian Rebellion, 1956

"The Bandung Conference and the Nonaligned Movement, 1955"

8. Eisenhower and the Cold War, 1952-1960

President Harry Truman's "Farewell Address," 59-61.

John Foster Dulles, "A Policy of Boldness," 51-55.

"NSC 5412/2 Covert Operations," 66-69.

President Eisenhower's "Radio and Television Report to the American People on the Developments in Eastern Europe and the Middle East," 70-72.

President Eisenhower's "Farewell Address," 78-80.

9. The U-2 Affair, the Congo Crisis, and the Cuban Revolution

"The U-2Affair, 1960"

"Castro on the Cuban Revolution"

"The Congo Crisis, 1960"

"Khrushchev on 'Wars of National Liberation,' January 1961"

10. The Berlin Wall

President John F. Kennedy's "Inaugural Address," 81-84.

The CIA's "Soviet Short-Term Intentions Regarding Berlin and Germany"

The State Department's "Memorandum for the President: Berlin" - Read the Forward, and 1-5.

Kennedy's "Remarks in the Rudolph Wilde Platz, Berlin," 104-105.

11. The Cuban Missile Crisis

Kennedy's "Statement on Cuba"

"Minutes of the Meeting of Special Group (Augmented) on Operation MONGOOSE"

"Soviet Reactions to Certain U.S. Courses of Action in Cuba"

Kennedy's "Radio and Television Report to the American People on the Soviet Arms Buildup in Cuba," 91-103

"Letter from Khrushchev to Castro"

"Castro Letter to Khrushchev"

"The Limited Test Ban Treaty," 106-107.

12. Vietnam: Part 1, 1954-1968

Ho Chi Minh's "Declaration of Independence, Democratic Republic of Vietnam"

"Report to President Kennedy on South Vietnam," 85-86.

"Gulf of Tonkin Incident"

President Lyndon Johnson's "Special Message to Congress on U.S. Policy in Southeast Asia"

"Joint Resolution of Congress"

President Johnson's "Peace Without Conquest"

George Ball's "A Compromise Solution for Vietnam," 108-118.

13. New Left, New Right: America in the 1960s

Young Americans for Freedom's "The Sharon Statement"

Students for a Democratic Society's "The Port Huron Statement," 88-90.

"Statement by the Nonviolent Coordinating Committee on the War in Vietnam," 119-121.

Ronald Reagan's "A Time for Choosing"

14. Red Spring: The Sino-Soviet Split and the Soviet Crackdown in Czechoslovakia

"The Sino-Soviet Split"

"China's Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, 1966-1969"

"The Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia, August 1968"

"The Brezhnev Doctrine, 1968"

"The Soviet-Chinese Border Conflict, 1969"

Part 2: Détente and the End of the Cold War, 1969-1991

15. The Advent of Détente

"Joint Statement Following Discussions with Leaders of the People's Republic of China (the Shanghai Communique)," 129-132.

"The Nixon Doctrine"

"The Berlin Accords, September 1971"

"The ABM Treaty and SALT I, 1972"

16. The Cold War in Asia, South America, and the Middle East, 1970-1974

Henry Kissinger and William Rogers, "Telephone Conversation About Chile, 1970," 127-128.

Nixon and Kissinger, "Telephone Conversation About Chile," 136-138.

"The Yom Kippur/Ramadan War 1973"

Deng Xiaoping's "Three Worlds' Speech, April 1974"

17. Vietnam: Part 2, 1968-1974

President Richard Nixon's "Address to the Nation on the War in Vietnam," 122-126.

Nixon's "Addressing to the Nation Announcing Conclusion of an Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam," 133-135.

18. Watergate, Economic Woes for the U.S., and Nuclear Diplomacy in the 1970s

"The Vladivostok Summit, 1974"

"The Helsinki Final Act, 1975"

Carter's "Address at Commencement Exercises at the University of Notre Dame," 143-147.

"Carter on Human Rights, 1977"

19. Soviet Intervention in Afghanistan

President Jimmy Carter's "Address to the Nation on the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan - 1980," 148-150.

"The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, December 1979"

20. The End of Détente

"The Normalization of U.S.-Chinese Relations, 1978-1979"

"The SALT II Agreement, 1979"

"The Euromissile Controversy"

"The Carter Doctrine, 1980"

21. America Turns Right: Understanding Ronald Reagan

"The Russian Wheat Deal"

"SALT II"

"War"

"Missile Defense"

Reagan's Speech at the Republican National Convention 1976

22. Star Wars, the Year of Fear, and Reagan's Foreign Policy Shift, 1981-1984

"The Polish Imposition of Martial Law, December 1981"

"Reagan's Anti-Soviet Rhetoric, 1981-1983"

President Ronald Reagan's "Address to the Nation on Defense and National Security, 1983," 151-155.

Reagan's January 17, 1984 speech on "U.S. Soviet Relations"

23. The Role of Espionage in the Cold War

24. Backyard: U.S. Involvement in Latin America

The Ford Administration's "Meeting on Cuba - 1976," 139-142.

"The Boland Amendment - Internal Administration Memo"

"Memorandum for the Record on the Iran-Contra Scandal"

"President Reagan Apologizes for Iran-Contra Role"

25. Mikhail Gorbachev's Vision for the Soviet Union

Article on "Glasnost and Perestroika"

"Highlights of Gorbachev's Talk to the 27th Congress"

U.S. Ambassador Jack Matlock reflects on "Washington's View of Gorbachev's Perestroika"

26. The Triumph of Improvisation: Superpower Summits, 1985-1989

"The Geneva Summit, 1985"

"The Reykjavik Summit, 1986"

"Reagan's 1987 Berlin Speech, 'Tear Down this Wall'"

"The INF Treaty, December 1987"

"The Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan, 1988-1989"

27. The Berlin Wall Comes Down

The Bush Administration's "National Security Directive 23, 'U.S. Relations with the Soviet Union,'" 159-163.

President George H.W. Bush and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, "Telephone Conversation - November 10, 1989," 164-166.

"The Opening of the Berlin Wall, November 1989"

"NATO's London Declaration on the End of the Cold War, July 1990"

"The Kohl-Gorbachev Agreement on German Unification, July 1990"

"The START Treaty, July 1991"

28. The Dissolution of the Soviet Union

"The Attempted Coup In the USSR, August 1991"

"Gorbachev's Resignation Speech, December 1991"

"The End of the Soviet Union"

29. Towards a New Cold War?

"Is the U.S. in a New Cold War with China?"

"How to win a Cold War with Beijing"

"A New Cold War with China?"

"Are We Entering a New Cold War?"

"A New Cold War with Russia? Historians Give Their Answer"

Marcus M. Witcher, 20th Century U.S. History
Department of History, University of Central Arkansas

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Marcus M. Witcher, 20th Century U.S. HistoryDepartment of History, University of Central Arkansas

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Marcus M. Witcher, 20th Century U.S. History
Department of History, University of Central Arkansas