Cold War History

• Origins of the Cold War   [view nutshell]
• Truman Doctrine & Marshall Plan   [view nutshell]
• Berlin Airlift & formation of NATO   [view nutshell]
• Korean War   [view nutshell]
• McCarthyism & Red Scare   [view nutshell]
• Hungarian Revolution & Suez Crisis   [view nutshell]
• Space Race   [view nutshell]
• Bay of Pigs & Cuban Missile Crisis   [view nutshell]
• Vietnam War   [view nutshell]
• Prague Spring   [view nutshell]
• Arab-Israeli Conflict   [view nutshell]
• Détente   [view nutshell]
• Soviet-Afghan War   [view nutshell]
• Reagan and the End of the Cold War   [view nutshell]
• Break-up of the Soviet Union   [view nutshell]