The Cold War: 1945 to 1963

Cold War Unit Syllabus  

Cold War Powerpoint 

Websites of Interest:

Science Mysteries:  An explanation of the science behind nuclear weapons: http://www.world-mysteries.com/sci_9.htm   

Harvard Project on Cold War Studies: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/%7ehpcws/

American Experience: Race for the Super Bomb, has maps on atomic testing sites, films of atomic tests, information on surviving an atomic attack, and a panic quiz to assess your ability to survive nuclear war. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bomb/sfeature/index.html

The Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum contains a large amount of primary source information on the decision to drop the atomic bombs at the end of WWII:  http://www.trumanlibrary.org/    

Plowshare Program: Map of Rifle, Colorado area used to test peaceful uses of atomic bombs (such as releasing natural gas) as part of the Rio Blanco tests (1973): http://www.nuclearfiles.org/menu/library/media-gallery/video/testing/

Leaflet dropped on Japan after Hiroshima encouraging the Japanese people to surrender: http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/bomb/large/documents/index.php?documentdate=1945-08-06&documentid=6-2&studycollectionid=abomb&pagenumber=1

August 6, 1945 White House Press release on the dropping of the atomic bomb:  http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/bomb/large/documents/pdfs/59.pdf#zoom=100

Nuclear Weapons: Nuclear Files Archive: http://www.nuclearfiles.org/