Webography on the Cold War and Wars of Decolonization
This webography provides a list of online primary sources, educational resources and online encyclopedias associated with some of the major conflicts during the relevant period. The most important wars included for this period are:
The most important wars for this period include:
- Cold War (1946–91)
- Arab-Israeli Conflicts (1947–)
- War of Indonesian Independence (1945–49)
- Korean War (1950–53)
- African Wars for Independence (1952–)
- Algerian War (1954–62)
- Indochina Wars (1946–79)
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Created by the Toronto Public Library, this digital archive provides users with access to a small collection of historical photos, images, maps, manuscripts, and books related to both World Wars and other conflicts. Materials are browseable by type, subject, and language, and are fully accessible in downloadable form. All finding aids are in English and French, and most materials are in English.
A project of—among others—the British Library, the National Library of Scotland, the Welcome Library, and the Women's Library, the UK Web Archive (UKWA) is designed as a resource for the public, teachers, students, researchers, and more. It aims to provide a record of UK based websites for preservation, a record that begins with 2004, when archiving began. The larger project is based at the National Library of Scotland, the National Library...
The University of South Florida Library's Special Collections Department has provided access to a digital library of various thematic collections of materials which are browsable and searchable according to several criteria. Of particular interest are collections of primary sources on the Spanish Civil War (1936–38), an archive of oral histories on the topic, and a collection of materials on the Holocaust, World War II, and genocide in...
Created by the Library of Congress and the American Folklife Center, the Veterans History Project is an initiative to collect, store, and offer access to individual American veterans' accounts of their wartime experiences. Users can search interviews by name, service location, unit, rank, interviewer, keywords and notes. Searches can be limited according to branch, gender, type of material, and war, ranging from World War I to the Iraq and...
This website created by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in April 2018 provides a general chronology of the major events in Vietnam since the beginning of the French colonial rule in 1858. Included are the First and Second Indochina Wars and their aftermath in the region, as well as the reconstruction and reconciliation period.
The Digital Archive contains once-secret documents from governments all across the globe, uncovering sources and providing insights into the history of international relations and diplomacy. The Digital Archive focuses on the interrelated histories of the Cold War, ...
The Winter Soldier Investigation was a media event sponsored by the Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) from January 31 to February 2, 1971. It was intended to publicize war crimes and atrocities by the United States Armed Forces and their allies in the Vietnam War. The VVAW challenged the morality and conduct of the war by showing the direct relationship between military policies and war crimes in Vietnam. The three-day...
Created by the Library of Congress, the Yanker Poster Collection is a grouping of posters, propaganda, and handbills on a range of social and poltical issues dating from the years between 1927 and 1980, a gift by collector Gary Yanker. Most are from the US, including environmental, antiwar, and women's rights activism, but more than 50 other countries. The collection includes an introductory essay, select bibliography, and other aids, while...