The Cold War
Cold War
Conflict - Ron Anderson
VASST Issues Paper (September 2002)
Cold
War Hot Links
Provides a range of views and information on Cold War conflicts
and national security.
Cold
War International History Project
The Cold War International History Project disseminates new information
and perspectives on the history of the Cold War, in particular new
findings from previously inaccessible sources on "the other
side" -- the former Communist world.
Cuban Missile Crisis
United
States of America: Department of State
Foreign Relations Series Volume
Cuban Missile Crisis and Aftermath
The State Department web site is a permanent electronic archive
of information released prior to January 20, 2001.
United
States: National Security Archive
Cuba Documentation Project
A non governmental archive of declassified documents on international
affairs, released by the US Government, at the George Washington
University.
Cold
War International History Project
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban
Missile Crisis - Ron Anderson
VASST Issues Paper (May 1996)
Averting
the Apocalypse.
By: McNamara, Robert. Time South Pacific, 31/03/2003 Issue 12
Presents a brief history of the Cuban missile crisis of 1962. Pressure
on U.S. President John F. Kennedy to either invade or negotiate.
13
Days when the world held its breath
By: Tom Masters. Times, (United Kingdom), 22/10/2002;
The
cold war: a test of nerve set against the fear of Armageddon
By: John Crossland. Sunday Times, 24/02/2002
Commentary:
The Cuban Missile Crisis.
By: Cline, Ray S.. Foreign Affairs, Fall89, Vol. 68 Issue 4, p190,
7p
Recaps a US-Soviet-Cuban symposium held in Moscow, Jan. 27-28, 1989
where the Cuban missile crisis of 1962 was re-examined.
The
Cuban Missile Crisis Revisited.
By: Blight, James G.; Nye, Joseph S.; Welch, David A.. Foreign Affairs,
Fall87, Vol. 66 Issue 1, p170, 19p;
Discusses the lessons that the crisis of October 1962 hold for us
today whataction the US should have taken, and the relevance of
that debate 25 years later.
The
Cuban Missile Crisis--30 years on.
By: Dooley, Brian. History Today, Oct92, Vol. 42 Issue 10, p6, 3p,
4bw;
Discusses the Cuban Missile Crisis, and examines how close the United
States came to war in the last week of October 1962.
Post Cold War Era
The Post-Cold-War
World and Post-Cold-War Conflict - Ron Anderson (September 2002)
International
Terrorism, Power and Post-Cold-War Conflict - Ron Anderson (September
2002)
The Gulf War (1991)
Frontline:
The Gulf War
Frontline's "The Gulf War" is a comprehensive and critical
analysis of the 1990-1991 war.
Post-cold
war international relations: Trends and portents
Contemporary Review Shuja, Sharif M
Considers major issues and trends in the post-cold war world; on
the security front, the economic front and the ideological front;
globalization and its effects on international relations.
Links to US Government Servers and Information
U.S. Senate
From this site you can find all senators and e-mail them directly.
U.S. House of Representatives
From this site you can find all members of congress and e-mail them
directly.
White House
This is a handy page and has links to other parts of the executive
branch.
The Congressional Internet Caucus
Those in Congress who should have the most interest and knowlege
of the net.
Govbot
The University of Massachusetts has a service which lets you search
many government data bases
This has a fairly sophisticated search engine and can be very helpful.
Yahoo!'s
Government Web Directories
ORGANIZATIONS AND RESOURCE CENTRES
Australian Institute of International
Affairs
United Nations Association of
Australia
Victorian Association of Social
Studies Teachers [VASST]
Ecumenical
Migration Centre
Oxfam: Community Aid Abroad
World Vision
Australia
Brotherhood of St Laurence
Amnesty International
Australian
Conservation Foundation
Australian Red
Cross Society
Greenpeace
World Bank Development
Report
Social development education
Global Change game
Country-specific information
Australian Deportment of Foregin
Affairs and Trade
World Village
United Nations Home Pages.
An excellent starting point for up-to-date information about the
historical development and current operations fo the UN.
The Radio National home page
Allows students to access a number of ABC programs that deal with
aspects of development.
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