Cold War Resources
Documents
Winston Curchill Speech, 1946
The Truman Doctrine, 1947
The Marshall Plan
Senator Joe McCarthy claims there are Communists in the State Department
General Douglas MacArthur: Farewell Address to Congress
General Douglas MacArthur: “Duty, Honor County” at West Point
The Eisenhower Doctrine
President Eisenhower on the “Domino Theory,” Nuclear Weapons and Indo China, 1954
President Eisenhower's Address to the ABA on International Affairs
President Eisenhower warns of the Military-Industrial Complex
John F. Kennedy Inaugural Address
John F. Kennedy: “Ich bin ein Berliner”
Here is a link to the
CNN Cold War Pages
--a spinoff from their recent series. (Thanks to Melissa Bustamante for the tip.)
Here is a link to
Project Whistlestop
, the Harry S. Truman site with much about his presidency.
Vietnam War Documents
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
President Johnson on Vietnam
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara on Vietnam
General Vo Nguyen Giap on North Vietnamese Strategy
Sandra Wittman at Oakton Community College in Illinois
. The page has links to other interesting Vietnam sites. It also has a good bibliography of books on Vietnam.
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