Cold War: From Yalta to Malta
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/
Cold War: From Yalta to Malta, brought to you by CNN, explores the Cold War experience from many different angles. This website allows the visitor to explore the culture of the time (represented in movies and books), technology (how the space and arms race gave birth to the digital revolution), espionage of the time, and the bomb (and its consequent effects). Included one can find interactive maps, rare video footage, declassified documents, biographies, picture galleries, timelines, interactive activities, book excerpts, and an educator's guide. In the “Educator’s Guide” section on the website is information pertaining to different aspects of the Cold War, like Geography, Chronology, Maps, Cold War Culture, and Other Cold War Sites. This website was created as a companion site to the CNN documentary series of the same name, and would be an effective teaching tool in the classroom.

Fourteen Days in October: The Cuban Missile Crisis
http://library.thinkquest.org/11046/index.html
“The closest the world has come to nuclear war was the Cuban Missle Crisis of October 1962. The Soviets had installed nuclear missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles off the coast of the United States. U.S. armed forces were at their highest state of readiness…This site provides as in-depth account and analysis of the Crisis.”
The Cuban Missile Crisis is both an important and compelling event in the history of the Cold War. This student-developed website is an excellent resource in better understanding the events surrounding this near-disastrous moment in history. The contents of this website are divided into many different sections. The “Crisis Center” is the best place to start and gives a fairly good overview of the events surrounding the crisis. ȁThe Players” section gives an equally good overview of the individuals involved. An excellent selection of primary documents can be found in “The Situation Room,” and the “Recon Room” and “Briefing Room” provide important maps, satellite photos and audio clips. In all, this site offers a deep breadth of information in many different forms and media. The primary resources are the most valuable aspect of this site and greatly enhance the already useful text provided. This site could be incorporated into a classroom assignment and a multiple choice Quiz is even provided to test the inquirer’s knowledge of the Cuban Missile Crisis. (BR)

Free Speech Movement Digital Archive
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/FSM
“…the University of California Berkeley Library and the Bancroft Library began an ambitious program to document the role of Mario Savio and other participants in the Free Speech Movement - a legacy that can still be traced in political activism and educational reform throughout the country…”
Between the years of 1998 and 2001 this website gathered information concerning the free speech movement. This website was established by Free Speech Movement veterans, including Lynne Hollander, Mario Savio's widow, and Michael Rossman. The Free Speech Movement Digital Archive offers material on the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi and in California during the summer of 1964, the reform movements in higher education, and the 1960s student protests at colleges and universities throughout the United States. This website has a great deal of information in text format making it a valuable source worth viewing. With links to other websites for information not contained in this collection it would be hard not to find the information you were looking for.

The History Place – The Vietnam War
http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/vietnam/index.html
Thehistoryplace.com has long since proved its value with other history websites. This particular website of theirs presents a detailed timeline of the Vietnam War. Much to its credit, it also includes the years leading up to U.S. involvement. The conflicts of the decades preceding are essential for understanding the nature of the Vietnam War of the 1960’s, and are often over looked. There are also occasional links to primary documents throughout the timelines, but few. The timeline is detailed enough to make it a useful resource for the general trends and events of the conflict. This websites straightforward layout and lack of clutter makes it much easier to use than other similar sites on the Internet. There are a few links on the first page for specific topics and the rest can be simply browsed chronologically. (BR)

Holocaust Denial on Trial
http://www.hdot.org/ieindex.html
“This website is a project of Emory University’s Witness to the Holocaust Program and the Institute for Jewish Studies…”
The Holocaust Denial on Trial website, based on the David Irving v. Penguin Books and Deborah Lipstadt lawsuit, brings an interesting piece of history to the visitor. In 1993 Deborah Lipstadt, a professor at Emory University wrote a book to expose the lies and political agendas that drove Holocaust denial. Calling Mr. Irving a "dangerous spokesperson" for Holocaust denial, he in turn sued Lipstadt and her British publisher, Penguin Books Ltd. … Justice Gray ruled for Dr. Lipstadt… The textual information derived from this site addresses many factors from this case such as The Judgment, Transcripts (day by day), Evidence, Background, Timelines (from 1933 to 1997), and News Articles. This site provides a good look into the fallout of the Holocaust, and a good supplement for any World War II unit.

The National Security Archives
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/
“Located on the seventh floor of the George Washington University's Gelman Library in Washington, D.C., the Archive is designed to apply the latest in computerized indexing technology to the massive amount of material already released by the U.S. government on international affairs, make them accessible to researchers and the public, and go beyond that base to build comprehensive collections of documents on specific topics of greatest interest to scholars and the public.”
The project provides digital images, primary documents, audio/visual releases, and well-written, well-researched essays on a wide variety of topics. Students and teachers desiring more information on post-World War II events can access the website and examine materials on such topics as the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, foreign affairs during the Nixon Administration, United States relations with Afghanistan, Iran, and Iraq, and select topics in the history of modern nuclear warfare.

Truman and Eisenhower—Korean War 1950-1953
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/korea
“This page is a joint project between the Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Libraries developed to provide access to Korean War materials related to the two administrations occupying the White House during that period.”
The Korean War is sometimes referred to as the Forgotten War, the War before Vietnam, or the Unknown War; however, it had a major impact on the Cold War. Truman and Eisenhower—Korean War 1950-1953 informs browsers of the importance of Korea through primary documents, essays, narratives, oral histories, and images, all of which are easily accessed. The Truman and Eisenhower Presidential Libraries work in combination with the National Archives and Records Administration to bring this material to the public. Moreover, the webpage designers included links to other valid sites. Needless to say, if a browser is looking for a solid, comprehensive site about the Korean War, this is an excellent place to start.

The Vietnam Project—Texas Tech University
http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu
“The mission of the Vietnam Center at Texas Tech University is to support and encourage research and education regarding all aspects of the American Vietnam experience; promoting a greater understanding of this experience and the peoples and cultures of Southeast Asia. Its functions are threefold: collection and preservation of pertinent source material; education through exhibits, classroom instruction, educational programs, and publications; and encouragement of scholarly research through exchanges, publishing of noteworthy research, symposia, and financial support.”
This project has plenty to offer browsers searching for veterans’ perspectives on Vietnam. Although designed to address all aspects of this conflict, this site contains interviews with those who served in the armed services. Moreover, these interviews provide browsers with a more intimate depiction of this confusing war. In addition to oral histories, this site has digitalized copies of Indochina Chronology, guidelines on conducting oral history interviews, images from the Vietnam War, and a search engine that allows visitors to look up acronyms and operations. Finally, the web team plans to develop classroom resources. For teachers interested in presenting their students with a more comprehensive understanding of the Vietnam War, this site contains ample materials for ideas and information.

The Virtual Wall: Vietnam Veterans Memorial
http://www.virtualwall.org
“Each name or photo on the Virtual Wall index pages links to a personal memorial page to a woman or man named on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial…”
As an online version of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial National Park located in Washington, D.C., The Virtual Wall: Vietnam Veterans Memorial offers the visitor a chance to view personal histories and pictures of our nation’s fallen heroes. This site contains over a thousand personalized tributes to the men and women killed in this war, submitted by friends and family members. While this website is not officially affiliated with the U.S. National Park Service Vietnam Veterans Wall Memorial, it is still worth viewing as it serves to bring a new aspect to the memory of these lost soldiers through their photographs and stirring memorials.