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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.