June 3, 2026
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Britannica School – start here to get an overview of your topic
Gale Databases (History in Context, Biography in Context)
A Visual Guide to the Cold War – Library of Congress – visual overview of many of the Cold War topics
Cold War: International Politics – Britannica School Encyclopedia
AK-47
AK-47 – Britannica School
The AK-47: ‘The Gun’ That Changed the Battlefield -npr
Everyman’s Gun – The AK-47 – Historynet.com
AK-47 – Macalester
How the AK-47 became the ‘weapon of the century’ – Military Times
The AK-47: the world’s favourite killing machine – Amnesty International
Aviation and Jets
-overview history of military aircrafts, scroll down to section on jets
Speed and the Cold War – National Air and Space Museum
The Atomic Age Oddities: When Aviation Pushed Too Far. Experimental Aircraft That Changed Aviation – DroneScapes video 2:39:52 minutes
Soaring Through Tension: The Cold War’s Transformative Impact on Military Aviation – AVI-8
Driving innovation in air power: the cold war’s four generations of fighter jets – Taylor & Francis Online
Brazil Dictatorship
Military Dictatorship and Conservative Modernization 1964-1985 – University of Massachusetts Amherst
The Military Republic, 1965-85 – U.S. Library of Congress
State Terrorism and Neoliberalism – The North in the South – Ruth Blakeley
U.S. Support for the Brazilian Military Coup d’Etat, 1964
Chess
Chess: a game rooted in military strategy that has become a tool of international diplomacy – The Conversation
Pawns and Power – Epoch
Conversations with Bill Kristol – Garry Kasparov – transcript of conversation
Cinema
Examining the American Cold War Experience Through Film – Scholarship at Gettysburg College
Movies: A Visual Guide to the Cold War
Consumerism
Why Ice Cream Soared in Popularity During Prohibition
The Cold War Over DC Ice Cream – Washingtonian
How Ice Cream Won the Cold War – F.E.E.
Counter-Cultural Art Movements
The Rise and Fall of an International Counterculture, 1960-1975 – Strauss Center
Was modern art a weapon of the CIA – BBC
The Cold War in Culture – How the ideological battle shaped art, music and society – PVS Magazine
Culture during the Cold War – National Museum
Cuba
National evolution and Soviet influence – Britannica.com
Cuba, Che Guevara, and the Problem of “Socialism in One Country” – Monthly Review
the Long Misunderstanding: Cuba’s Economic Ties with the Soviet Bloc – abstract & introduction from MIT Press Direct
Cuba Archive – Updating Cuba’s Economy – American University
East West Germany Political Systems
Cold War in Berlin – JFK Library and Museum
The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall – National Museum of American Diplomacy
Germany – Britannica School encyclopedia
Emperor Haile Selassie Dethronement
Haile Selassie – Britannica School
Anatomy of an Overthrow: How an African Leader was Toppled – ADST
The Lost Opportunity for Ethiopia: The Failure to Move toward Democratic Governance
Links to websites on Haile Selassie from Britannica School
Espionage Technology
The Cold War spy technology which we all use – BBC
True Historical Cases Where Spy Gadgets Changed the Game – The Spy Store
Feminism
Women’s Rights and the Cold War – Legacies of Communism
Constructing Femininity in the Early Cold War Era
2nd Wave Feminism The Cold War Documentary – The Cold War
Introduction: recovering the forgotten left feminist networks – Taylor & Francis Online
Women’s Movements in Canada: 1960-85 – Canadian Encyclopedia
Korean War
The Korean War 101: Causes, Course, and Conclusions of the Conflict – Association for Asian Studies
The Korean War Contextual Background – Defining Moments
Korean War – Britannica School Encyclopedia
Korean War and Japan’s Recovery – Office of the Historian
Origins of the Korean War – Naval History and Heritage Command
U.S. Enters the Korean Conflict – U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
The Hot Spot in the Cold War: Korea 1950-1953 – Army Heritage Center
The Cold War and the Crisis in Korea – Australian Government
Nuclear Weapons
Cold Conflict – National WII Museum
The Cuban Missile Crisis, October 1962
Nuclear Weapons and the Escalation of the Cold War, 1945-1962 – Stanford University – description of the book
U.S.-Russian Nuclear Arms Control – Council on Foreign Relations
Rock and Roll
From country to punk: How the cold War impacted pop culture – Diefenbunker
Atomic Culture and Its Impact on Popular Music During the Cold War Era – Atomic Museum
The Role of Folk and Rock and Roll Music during the Cold War in 1950-1970 – Masaryk University
Pop in the Bloc: How Popular Music Helped the U.S. Win the Cold War – DigitalGeorgeTown
Cold War Themes – Open Text BC
Chernobyl
How The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster Shaped Russia And Ukraine’s Modern History – Forbes
Chernobyl at 40: What Secret Files From The Soviet Nuclear Disaster Reveal About Political Deception – Milwaukee Independent
Chernobyl at 40: Secret Stasi files reveal extent of Soviet misinformation campaign over nuclear disaster – The Conversation
Space Race
Apollo: An American Victory in the Cold War – Spudis Lunar Resources
Revisiting the U.S.-Soviet Space Race – Andrew S. Erickson – abstract & excerpts from article’s introduction and conclusion
The Soviet Reach for The Moon – L-1 and L-3 Manned Lunar Programs
The Cold War Space Race/Retro Report – PBS 6:48 minute video
How the Space Race between the US and USSR Started – Captivating History
Three Mile Island
Three Mile Island – History.com
The Three Mile Island Accident – World Nuclear Association
Three Mile Island – Britannica School Encyclopedia
Meltdown at Three Mile Island – PBS
Vietnam War
Impact of the War – Vietnam: BBC
A Half Century Later: Understanding the Impact of the Vietnam War – The Vassar Institute for the Liberal Arts
Vietnam War – Britannica School Encyclopedia
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Vietnam War – Military Tactics
The Vietnam War: Tactics Used in the Vietnam War – BBC Bitesize
Firepower comes to naught – Britannica
Vietcong military tactics – BBC Bitesize
Search and Destroy: Vietnam War Tactics 1965-1967 (Documentary)- Real Time History
Vietnam War – Britannica
Yugoslavia
The Breakup of Yugoslavia, 1990-1992 – Office of the Historian
Serbian Nationalism and the Origins of the Yugoslav Crisis – U.S. Institute of Peace
Yugoslavia – Britannica School
Rise of Nationalism -PBS
Nato and the Former Yugoslavia: Crisis, Conflict and the Atlantic Alliance