PrimarySourcesBooksHanhimaki,JussiM.,andOddArneWestad,eds.TheColdWarAHistoryinDocumentsandEyewitnessAccounts.NewYork:

OxfordUniversityPress,2003.Print.Thisbookcontaineddozensofprimarysources.Thiscollectionwasanexcellentspringboardintodeeperresearchintoprimarysources.

Kennan,GeorgeF.,andJohnLukacs.ThroughtheHistoryoftheColdWar:TheCorrespondenceofGeorgeF.KennanandJohnLukacs.N.p.:UofPennsylvaniaP,2010.Print.ThroughthelargeamountofprimarysourcecorrespondencelettersbetweenthehistorianJohnLukacsandthethenSovietambassadortotheUnitedStatesGeorgeF.Kennan,wewereabletogetaninsidelookattheevents,ideologies,struggles,andphilosophicaldiscussionsoftheColdWarperiod.

Documents,Letters,andSpeeches"AntiBallisticMissileTreaty(1972)."WorldHistory:TheModernEra.ABCCLIO,2014.Web.23Dec.2014.Thisarticle

providedthecontentsoftheABMtreaty,layingouteacharticleandtheissuestheysoughttoaddress.ThistreatywasahugelyimportantresultofthepoliticalsummitsheldbyReaganandGorbachev,andisatestamenttotheiruniqueabilitytogetalongreasonablyasleadersofcountrieswithsuchdifferentideologies.Weusedthisprimarysourceonthe"Summits"pageofourwebsite.

Bilak,Vasil,etal.Letter.Aug.1968.WilsonCenterDigitalArchive.WilsonCenter,Washington,D.C.WilsonCenterDigitalArchive.Web.21Apr.2015..Thisletter,sentfromseveralCzechoslovakCommunistPartymemberstoLeonidBrezhnev,characterizesthehardlinedynamisminPragueevenduringthePragueSpring.TherewasasignificantconsensusofCzechoslovakswhogreetedtheSovietinvadingforceasapeacekeepingmissionratherthananimperialistmission.Inthisletter,thewritersespousesupportfortheSovietgovernment.Weusedaquotationfromthisletteronourtimelineon"HistoricalContext."

Brezhnev,Leonid."SpeechbyFirstSecretaryoftheCommunistPartyoftheSovietUnionLeonidBrezhnev."Kremlin,Moscow.13Nov.1968.Speech.ThisspeechillustratingtheBrezhnevDoctrineisespeciallyimportantbecauseitwasusedtojustifytheinterventioninCzechoslovakia.ItgrantedtheSovietUnionwidereachingpowertogovernbyproxytheEasternsatellitestates.

CentralCommitteesoftheBulgarian,EastGerman,Hungarian,Polish,andSovietCommunistParties."LetterfromtheCentralCommitteesoftheBulgarian,EastGerman,Hungarian,Polish,andSovietCommunistPartiesregardingtheWarsawPactInterventioninCzechoslovakia."LettertoCentralCommitteeoftheRomanianCommunistParty.21Aug.1968.WilsonCenterDigitalArchive.WilsonCenter,Washington,D.C.WilsonCenterDigitalArchive.Web.20Feb.2015..CouncilsoftheaforementionednationswithintheUSSRworkedtogethertocreatealettertosendtotheheadsoftheSovietUnion.ThisletteressentiallydemandedaninterventionintheprotestsinCzechoslovakiaagainsttheSovietUnion.ThisletterisimportantandsignificanttoourresearchandthehistoryofourprojectbecauseitinvokestheBrezhnevDoctrine,aremnantoftheSovietsystembeforeGorbachev'sleadership.

Churchill,Winston."SinewsofPeace."WestminsterCollege.5Mar.1946.Speech.ThisspeechbyWinstonChurchill,alsoknownasthe"IronCurtain"speech,foreshadowedtheearlyColdWar,thepoliticalboundariesofthesatellitestatesandWesternEurope,andWesternjargonontheSovietUnion.Weusedanexcerptofthisspeechonthetimelineonthe"HistoricalContext"page.

D.C.U.S.DepartmentofState."LessonsofReykjavik,"U.S.DepartmentofState,c.12October1986,1p.Doc.97600060066.Washington,D.C.:U.S.DepartmentofState,1986.TheNationalSecurityArchive.Web.7Dec.2014..ThisStateDepartmentdocumentexposesthetruefeelingsoftheAmericandelegationatReykjavik.TheyadmittheycannotpredicttheactionsoftheSovietGovernment.TheyalsoacknowledgetheresoundingsuccessofReykjavikandtheattributeswhichledtothesuccess(i.e.smallsize,informaldelegation,remotelocation).ThisdocumenthelpsustounderstandwhatmakesNonProliferationTreatiessuccessfulandtheintricaterelationshipofthetwoworldpowers.

"Gorbachev,Mikhail."ColdWarReferenceLibrary.Ed.RichardC.Hanes,SharonM.Hanes,andLawrenceW.Baker.Vol.5:PrimarySources.Detroit:UXL,2004.298306.WorldHistoryinContext.Web.22Mar.2015.Anexcerptfrom

Gorbachev'saddresstothe43rdUnitedNationsGeneralAssemblySession,thisprimarysourceoffersalotofhardhittingandhighlysignificantquotationsourcesforGorbachev.WeusedaparticularquotationfromthisdocumentasGorbachev'squotationonourthesispage,asthequotationislargelyrepresentativeoftheSovietsideintheendoftheColdWar,andinparticularGorbachev'sactionsthatleadtotheendoftheColdWar.

Gorbachev,Mikhail."Addresstothe43rdUnitedNationsGeneralAssemblySession."U.N.Headquarters.NewYorkCity.7Dec.1988.GaleWorldHistoryinContext.Gale,n.d.Web.19Jan.2015.In1988MikhailGorbachevspokeatthe43rdUnitedNationsGeneralAssemblySessionabouttheendoftheColdWar,aswellasthesituationinboththeSovietUnionandUnitedStatesregarding,amongmanythings,nuclearweaponsandthefutureofmilitarydevelopment.ThisexcerptfromGorbachev'sspeechthereshowsevidenceofanincreasingpushforanuclearfreeworld,andwasusefulinthecreationofthe"NuclearProliferation"pageonourwebsite.

."DearMr.President,SuggestionforaMeetinginIceland."LettertoRonaldReagan.1986.TS.NationalSecurityArchive.GeorgeWashington,WashingtonD.C.90659.ThislettersentbyMikhailGorbachevtoRonaldReaganoutlineshisgoalsforthefuturesummitsandhiswillingnesstomakecompromises.TheseareleadershipqualitiesthatdefineGorbachev'suniqueapproachtoforeignpolicy,contributingtohisoveralllegacyandimpactontheColdWarandthereforetheUnitedStates.

"GorbachevonUkraine:TerrifyingMassacreinStoreforEurope."Pravda.Pravda,9May2014.Web.20Feb.2015..ModernpoliticalstrifebetweenRussiaandtheUkrainehighlightsmanynewssourcescurrently.Putin'sgoalshavebeenmadeclear,yetitisveryunclearastohowthesituationwillultimatelyunroll.IthadmadeabundantlyclearthatRussia,throughPutin,itattemptingtoreassertdominanceofSovietcommunistidealsoverthisareaoftheworld,whichgoesagainstwhatGorbachevwasfightingfor.ThismakesGorbachev'sprimarysourcecommentaryextremelyrelevantbothtothemodernsituationandtoourprojectasacontrasttotheColdWar,orperhapsmoreofcomparison.

Grechkno,Andrei.LettertoN.A.Bulganin.17June1953.WilsonCenterDigitalArchive.WilsonCenter,Washington,D.C.WilsonCenterDigitalArchive.Web.21Apr.2015..ThisreportbetweenthetheCommanderinChiefofSovietForcesinEastGermanyandtheSovietMinisterofDefensecharacterizestheSovietfearthatafascistconspiracy,basedinWestBerlin,wasplanningtosabotageEastBerlinandEastGermany,andbyextension,theSovietUnion.Thisviewcouldbeforpropagandisticpurposesoroutoflegitimatefear.Weusedaquotationfromthisreportonthetimelineonthe"HistoricalContext"page.

"INTELLIGENCEREPORTONUSPLANTOATTACKCUBA."Letter.17Mar.1962.WilsonCenterDigitalArchive.WilsonCenter,Washington,D.C.WilsonCenterDigitalArchive.Web.21Apr.2015..ThisintelligencememowithintheUnitedStatesGovernmenthighlightstheparanoiaintheU.S.GovernmentduringtheCubanMissileCrisis.ThegovernmentplannedtheBayofPigsoperationlater,thoughthisreportstandoutinthatitrepresentedtheearlystagesofplanning.

Khrushchev,Nikita.Letter.4Nov.1956.WilsonCenterDigitalArchive.WilsonCenter,Washington,D.C.WilsonCenterDigitalArchive.Web.21Apr.2015..Theexcerptweusedonthetimelineonthe"HistoricalContext"pagefromthisspeechbyNikitaKhrushchevhighlightsboththeconspiratorialviewsonthedemonstrations(fascist)andthepoliticalrisksinvolvedwithterminatingthedemonstrationswithforce.WhenreadingKhrushchev'sspeech,wecanreadilyseethepainstakingdeliberationswithoccurredbehindcloseddoorswithinthePolitburo.KhrushchevsawtheinterventioninHungaryasunfortunateandnonoptimalbutnecessaryinpreventingfurtherproliferationofantisocialismintheEasternStates.

."OntheCultofPersonality."Kremlin,Moscow.25Feb.1956.Speech.ThisgroundbreakingspeechbyNikitaKhrushchev,commonlyreferredtoasthe"SecretSpeech,"espousedKhrushchev'sdislikeofStalinandhisbeliefthatthecultofpersonalityisincompatiblewithclassicalMarxism.InasocietythatstifledfreespeechasmuchastheSovietUnion,theSecretSpeechwasremarkableinitshonestdepictionofStalin'scultofpersonality.Weusedaquotationonthetimelineofthe"HistoricalContext"pagetoillustratetheriftinSovietleadershipatthishighpointoftheColdWar.

"1989:TheNighttheWallCameDown."BBC.BBC,n.d.Web.20Feb.2015..WeusedthisBBCarticleforaquotewhichwasusedonthe"BerlinWall"page.Manyprotestersfromthedaythewallcamedownwereinterviewedforthearticle.

PresidentRonaldReagan,"PresidentReaganDiscussesSummitMeetingwithMikhailGorbachev,1987,"MakingtheHistoryof1989,Item#57,http://chnm.gmu.edu/1989/items/show/57(accessedDecember232014,7:38pm).JustasourdiscoveryofGorbachev'sreactiontotheWashingtonsummitwasimportanttoourprojectandpagedevelopment,sowasthediscoveryofthisreactionofReagan'stotheWashingtonSummit.AsthesummitwhereINFwasborn,havingtheprimarysourcereactionofthePresidentoftheUnitedStatesatthetimeisinvaluableingivingusaperspectiveonhowthesummitinfluencedhighlevelpoliticsandthereforethecourseoftheColdWar.

Reagan,Ronald."RemarksonSigningtheIntermediateRangeNuclearForcesTreaty."WashingtonSummit.EastRoomattheWhiteHouse.8Dec.1987.Speech.ThisspeechpresentedbyRonaldReaganpriortothesigningoftheINFtreatycontainedaquotethatweusedonthe"Summits"page.

."ATimeforChoosing."27Oct.1964.Speech.Thisfamousspeechcontainedaplethoraofvaluablequotes,thatembodiesReagan'sbeliefandpersona.Weutilizedaquotefromthisspeechonourthesispage.

"Resolutionofthe42ndMeetingoftheCzechoslovakCommunistPartyPolitburo,RegardingTalkswithRepresentativesofthePeople'sSocialistPartyofCuba."WilsonCenterDigitalArchive.WilsonCenter,2015.Web.20Feb.2015..WequotedfromthisdocumentfromtheCzechoslovakPolitburoonour"AHistoryofColdWarLeadership"page.WequotedthedocumenttoexplainhowtheU.S.soughttomaintaininfluenceoverCuba.

"RonaldReagan:InauguralAddress(1981)."AmericanHistory.ABCCLIO,2015.Web.18Jan.2015.RonalReagan'sinauguraladdressisquiteobviouslyaninvaluablesourcetothedevelopmentofthisproject.Thecontentofthespeechoutlines,asmanypresidents'do,thegoalsReaganhadforhisterminoffice.Inthese,ofcourse,weregoalsforaddressingtheissueoftheColdWarandtheSovietUnion,andfromthesewelearnedalotaboutReagan'smindsetgoingintothistransformationaldecadeinworldhistory.

Roosevelt,FranklinD."JointStatementwithChurchillandStalinontheYaltaConference."YaltaConference.Yalta.11Feb.1945.Print.Speechtranscript.ThisspeechofF.RooseveltoutlinedwhatwasapparentlythecollectiveopinionoftheBigThreeAlliedleaders.However,theUnitedStatesandtheSovietUnionwouldfrequentlyactinselfinterestduringtheColdWarinsteadofworkingtohealfracturedEurope.

Sestanovich,Stephen."Gorbachev'sGoalsandTacticsatReykjavik."31July1998.TS.NationalSecurityArchuve.GeorgeWashington,WashingtonDC.Document6.TheAmericanshadnorealideaofthegoalsoftheSovietsinregardstotheReykjavikSummit,thisishighlightedbythissource.TheauthoristryingtopredictandprepareforwhatGorbachevwilldoatthesummit.

Truman,HarryS."SpecialMessagetoCongress,March12,1947."TheVietnamEra.Woodbridge,CT:PrimarySourceMedia,1999.AmericanJourney.U.S.HistoryinContext.Web.20Feb.2015.WeusedexcerptsfromTruman'sspeechtohighlightthedifferencesinforeignpolicybetweentheUnitedStatesandtheSovietUnion.

"Truman,HarryS."ColdWarReferenceLibrary.Ed.RichardC.Hanes,SharonM.Hanes,andLawrenceW.Baker.Vol.5:PrimarySources.Detroit:UXL,2004.3442.U.S.HistoryinContext.Web.20Feb.2015.WeusedthisdatabasearticleforinformationaboutTruman,hiseponymousTrumanDoctrine,andhispostwareconomicassistanceplans.

Ulbricht,Walter.Letter.15Sept.1961.WilsonCenterDigitalArchive.WilsonCenter,Washington,D.C.WilsonCenterDigitalArchive.Web.21Apr.2015..ThisletterfromWalterUlbrichttoKhrushchevshedslightontheattitudesofCommunistPartypoliticiansontheexodusfromEastBerlinintheearly1960s.Leadersinstead,atleastincorrespondencetootherpublicfigures,theorizedthatWestBerlinwasunderminingEastBerlinandfactionsinBerlinwereplanninganinsurrection.Wehighlightedthisviewpointonourtimelineonthe"HistoricalContext"page.

InterviewsBrands,H.W.Emailinterview.15Dec.2014.HoldingtheJackS.BlantonSeniorChairinHistoryattheUniversityofTexas,

ProfessorH.W.BrandshasanalmostunmatcheddepthofinformationandknowledgeonthesubjectsofAmericanandSoviethistory,aswellasColdWarpolitics.ThoughwecouldonlyinterviewhimviaEmailduetoschedulingconflicts,hisanswerswereusefulinourresearchandcontributedtothecreationofcoreargumentsinourwebsite.

Brown,Archie.Personalinterview.29Mar.2014.ThisinterviewwithProfessorArchieBrown,EmeritusProfessorofPoliticsatOxfordandauthorof"TheMythoftheStrongLeader",centeredprimarilyonReaganandGorbachev'sroleinendingthe

ColdWar.Healsodiscussedtherespectivelegaciesofthetwoleaders,andtheuniquenessofthesituationtheywerein.Weusedquotesfromhimthroughoutourwebsite,especiallyonourlegaciesandReaganandGorbachevpages.

Brown,Chris.Personalinterview.26Oct.2014.ChrisBrownworkedintheReaganFoundationforanumberofyearsasanintern.ThoughthiswasduringReagan'spostpresidentialcareer,BrowngatheredatroveofusefulinformationaboutthegoalsthatReagansetforhimselfandthosewhoworkedaroundhim,whatvisionshehadforthecountryandtheworld,andmostimportantlywhatReaganwaslikeasaperson.ChrisBrownwasmostusefulasanintervieweebecausehisinsightsonReagan'spersonalityandvaluesallowedusalmosttoknowhimourselves,whichreallycontributedtothebackgroundinformationrunningourresearch.ChrisBrownwasfoundthroughapersonalconnectionviaoneofourgroupmates.

Cole,Brady.Personalinterview.10Feb.2015.Mr.ColewasanAdmiralintheUnitedStatesNavyforoverthirtyyears.DuringthistimehecollectedalargeamountofbothexperienceandknowledgeofUnitedStatesmilitaryactions,values,andambitions.Further,hegainedknowledgeofmilitaryandlaymenattitudestowardsReagan,Gorbachev,andtheColdWar.AdmiralCole'sinsightsofferedusaperspectivetouseinquotesandvideomediatosupporttheargumentsonourpagesaboutReaganandGorbachevinparticular.

Gorbachev,MikhailSergeyvich.Personalinterview.23Apr.2001.Thisinterview,conductedsometenyearsafterthedissolutionoftheSovietUnionbyanunknowninterviewer,focusesonthereasonsforchangeintheUSSR,economicdevelopmentinformerSovietStates,andRussia'sfuture.ItofferstheuniqueperspectiveofoneofthemostprominentRussiansofthetwentiethcentury,MikhailGorbachev,wholedtheSovietUniontoitscollapse.Hediscusseshowthecommunistsystemandacontrolledeconomyinvariablyleadstostagnation,andhealsodiscussedPutinandthefuture.ThissourcewasenormouslyhelpfulinexaminingthemotivesbehindGorbachev'sreformsandRussia'sfuture,andweusedthecontentthroughoutourwebsite(mostheavilyonourpagesfocusingonGorbachev.

Pennay,Anthony.Personalinterview.25Nov.2014.AsdirectoroftheWalterandLeonoreAnnenbergPresidentialLearningCenterandtheReaganLibrary,AnthonyPennaywasinauniquepositiontogiveusdetailedinformationaboutthehistoryofReaganandhiseffectontheUnitedStates.Pennaywaswellversedonsuchinformation,andcreatedforusasanintervieweeabaseonwhichtobuildalotofourthematicargumentsregardingReagan'seffectontheoutcomeoftheColdWaraswellasondevelopmentsathomeintheUnitedStates.Lastly,PennaycreatedanotherreasonforourgrouptoheaduptotheReaganLibraryinperson,wherewehappeneduponanotherusefulinterview.

Robinson,Ray.Personalinterview.20Dec.2014.WemetRayRobinsonaswewereabouttoleavetheReaganLibrary,whichwehadbeenvisitingasagroupforourprojectresearch.Mr.RobinsonistheheaddocentattheReaganLibrary,andsoofferedalotofinsideinformationregardingthehistoryofthelibraryaswellasahistoryofReagan'spresidency.HisobservationsaboutReagan'sleadershipstyleandlegacywereusefulindevelopingourownopinionsaboutbothmatters,andthereforecontributedtotheformationofourthesisandsomecoreanalysisonourwebsite.

Statler,Kathryn.Personalinterview.30Oct.2014.ProfessorStatler'sexpertise,asaprofessorinthesocialstudiesdepartmentattheUniversityofSanDiego,ininternationalrelationsandUnitedStateshistorywereinvaluabletoourresearch.SheprovideduniqueandintelligentanalysesofthenatureofColdWarpoliticsandhowtheoutcomeofthewaranditseffectsoninternationalrelationswereinfluencedbythelegaciesofbothReaganandGorbachev.

Periodicals"TheBerlinWall:AYearofTensionalongtheCommunists'Barrier."NewYorkTimes[NewYork]12Aug.1962:n.pag.Print.

Filledwithmapdrawings,apoliticalcartoon,andprimarysourcetextonthesituationoftheBerlinWallafterayearsinceitsconstruction,thisNewYorkTimesarticlegivesaprimarysourceinsightintothesituationatthetime.ItwasusefulinthecreationoftheBerlinWallsectiononourwebsite,andwasalsousefulingettingtoviewtheAmericanperspectiveonthewall.

Clines,FrancisX."Gorbachev,LastSovietLeader,ResignsU.S.RecognizesRepublics'Independence."NewYorkTimes[NewYork]25Dec.1991,FrontPage:n.pag.Print.WeusedthisarticleforinformationonhowtheWestreceivedthenewsofthedissolutionoftheSovietUnion.Wealsousedanarchivalimageoftheactualfrontpageonour"ReaganandGorbachev"pagetoshowtheunintendedresultofGorbachev'sreformsthathecreatedasysteminwhichhecouldnolongersurvive.

TheEditorialBoard."PresidentVladimirPutinsDangerousMoves."NewYorkTimes16Apr.2015:n.pag.Print.DescribingtheactionsofPresidentPutininvolvingtheUkraine,thisarticlewasprimarilyusefulininformingusonPutin'sprogressing

actionsinRussiasothatwecanbetterrelatethemtoGorbachev'slegacy.AnimageofPutininthearticlewasalsousedonthe"Gorbachev'sLegacyinRussia"pageofourwebsite.

Smale,Alison."ChasingtheStoryonaNightThatChangedAll."NewYorkTimes[NewYork]6Nov.2009:n.pag.TheNewYorkTimes.Web.10Feb.2015.PublishedduringtheNewYorkTimes'tributetothefalloftheBerlinWallonits20thanniversary,thisarticleprovidedinsightintothemodernresultsofthewellknownphysicalmanifestationoftheIronCurtain,andhowitaffectedrealpeopleintheireverydaylives.Thelargewideanglecolorimageofthewallinfrontofagroupofprotesterswasusedonourhomepageinacreativeslideshow.

Taubman,Philip."MOSCOWSUMMIT:GORBACHEVCRITICIZESREAGAN,SEEING'MISSEDOPPORTUNITIES,'BUTCALLSVISITA'MAJOREVENT'SUMMITTALKSEND."NewYorkTimes[NewYork]2June1998:n.pag.Print.TheMoscowSummitwasthefinalsummitbetweenReaganandGorbachev.Thesummitwasconsideredafailureanditdidnotcapitalizeontheprogressmadebytheprevioussummits.TheNewYorkTimesarticlewaswrittenduringtheyearofthesummitandcontainedprimarysourcequotesforthepagedescribingthedisappointmentoftheevent.

VisualMediaAddresstotheNationonNationalSecurity(March23,1983).Perf.RonaldReagan.UofVirginia,1983.Film.Releasedasa

presidentialaddressbytheWhiteHouseonMarch23,1983,thisvideoconsistsofReagantalkingaboutnationalsecurity.WeusedaclipfromthevideoinwhichReagantalksaboutSovietnuclearweaponsdevelopment.ThevideowasactuallyfoundonlinefromtheUniversityofVirginiaMillerCenterwebsite.

"AggressorsOutofVietnam!"readsacoldwarerabillboardonaMoscowstreetshowingbombsrainingdownonUncleSam(USA),may1,1968..Photograph.EncyclopdiaBritannicaImageQuest.Web.20Feb2015.ThisimageofSovietColdWarerapropagandatellingtheaggressorstoget"outofVietnam!"isusedonour"ProcessPaper"page.

Brezhnev/Photo/1978.Photograph.EncyclopdiaBritannicaImageQuest.Web.20Apr2015.WeusedthispictureofLeonidBrezhnevonthetimelineonthe"HistoricalContext"page.

BritishParliament:PresidentReagan'sAddresstoMembersoftheBritishParliament6/8/82.YouTube.Google,21Apr.2009.Web.15Apr.2015..UploadedbytheReaganFoundationontotheirofficialYouTubechannel,thisvideodepictsReaganaddressingtheBritishParliamenton6/8/1982.Thevideo,earlyinReagan'sleadership,givesaninsightintohismindsetabouttheSovietUnionwhilehewasstillthinkingofitastheevilempire.Weusedtwoselectionsfromthevideoonourwebsite.

Burnett,David.RonaldReaganandSovietPremierMikhailGorbachev,withtheirinterpreters,duringtheirfirstSummit,Geneva.1985.Digitalfile.Thisphoto,showingthehistoricfirstmeetingofReaganandGorbachev,wasusedonourconclusionpagetoshowtheimportanceofsummitstotheendoftheColdWar.

ClosinguptheWall/BerlinWall/1961.Photograph.EncyclopdiaBritannicaImageQuest.Web.20Apr2015.WeusedthisimageoftheBerlinWallbeingconstructedonthetimelineonthe"HistoricalContext"page.

Cuba/InvasionatBayoft.Pigs/1961.Photograph.EncyclopdiaBritannicaImageQuest.Web.18Jan2015.ThisimageoftheInvasionattheBayofPigsisusedonourinteractivetimelineonthe"HistoricalContext"page.

CubaMarch.HORIZONTAL.EncyclopdiaBritannicaImageQuest.Web.19Feb2015.ThisimageofCNDmembersprotestingU.S.interventionintoCubaisusedonour"HistoricalContext"page.

"CubanMissileCrisisPhotoGallery."History.com.HistoryChannel,2015.Web.20Feb.2015..Weusedmanyimagesfromthisgalleryontheslideshowonour"AHistoryofColdWarLeadership"page.

DemonstratorschantantigovernmentslogansintheRevolutionSquareinTimisoara,Romania,Dec.15,1990..Photo.EncyclopdiaBritannicaImageQuest.Web.11Jan2015.CapturingprotestsinRomaniain1990,thisimagewasusefulasavisualaidontheYearofRevolutionspageofourwebsite.

EastGermanGuardsWatchtheCrowdsMassingonTopoftheBerlinWallin1989.1989.GDRMuseum.TheGaurdian.Web.20Feb.2015..ThisimageoftheEastGermanguardswatchingthecrowdofpeoplesitatopthewallwasusedonour"BerlinWall"page.

"EuropeafterWorldWarII."FactsonFileModernWorldHistoryOnline.N.p.,2015.Web.20Feb.2015..ShowingthedifferentspheresofinfluencethatEuropewassplitintoafterWorldWarII,thismapisusefulinshowingthetransitionintotheColdWar,andisusedonour"HistoricalContext"page.

"TheGipper."TheReaganRevolution.ReaganFoundation,n.d.Web.8Feb.2015..ThisimageofPresidentReaganwasusedasourbannerimageofthe"Reagan'sLegacyintheUnitedStates"page.

"HungariansRevoltAgainstRussianForces."GaleWorldHistoryinContext.Detroit:Gale,1956.WorldHistoryinContext.Web.22Apr.2015.WeusedthisimageofBudapestduringtheHungarianUprisingof1956onthetimelineonthe"HistoricalContext"page.

AnimageofReagangivinghisfamous"Teardownthiswall!"speechattheBrandenburggate.N.d.Photograph.TheNationalArchives.Lib.ofCong.,Washington,D.C.DocumentingReagan'sfamousspeechattheBrandenburggate,thisimagewasfoundinanarticlewrittenbythecomposerofthespeech,PeterRobinson,aboutthefallofthewallandhisexperienceofit.Theimagewasusefulinthedesignofthe"1989:TheYearofRevolution"pageofourwebsite.

JamesByrnes.Photographer.EncyclopdiaBritannicaImageQuest.Web.19Jan2015.JamesByrnesisafamousColdWarphotographer,andfromhiswebsitewegainedmanyincrediblephotographsofimportantmomentsintheColdWar.Someoftheseimageswereevenusedasbannerimagesforpagesonourwebsite.

"KennedyandKhrushchev."HuffingtonPost.HuffingtonPost,n.d.Web.8Feb.2015..ThisimageofPresidentKennedyandGeneralSecretaryKhrushchevisourbannerimageonthe"HistoricalContext"page.

Khrushchev.Photographer.EncyclopdiaBritannicaImageQuest.Web.11Apr2015.WeusedthisimageofKhrushchevonthetimelineonour"HistoricalContext"page.

Leifer,Neil."RonaldReaganandMikhailGorbachev."NeilLeifer.N.p.,n.d.Web.8Feb.2015..ThisimageofReaganandGorbachevstandinginfrontofalargecrowdpriortotheWashingtonSummitisourbannerimageforthe"ReaganandGorbachev"page.

MapofCubausedbyPresidentKennedy.16Oct.1962.Photograph.CubanMissileCrisis.JohnF.KennedyPresidentialLib.,Boston.ThisimagewasusedonourHistoricalContextpagetoshowPresidentKennedy'sstrategictoolsduringtheCubanMissileCrisis.

Mr,capitalismandhisentourage'(lefttoright:racism,banditry,corruption,poverty,andwar),antiamericanpropagandacartoonbyn,semenov,publishedinkrokodilmagazine,ussr,1961..Photograph.EncyclopdiaBritannicaImageQuest.Web.20Feb2015.ThisimageofMr.Capitalismandhisentourageisourbannerimageforour"AnnotatedBibliography"page.

"MyPerestroika."Dir.andprod.RobinHessman.MyPerestroika.PBS.28June2011.PBS.Web.20Feb.2015..ThisdocumentarycenteredaroundthelivesofsixchildrenwhogrewuptogetherimmediatelybeforethefalloftheSovietUnion.Usinghistoricalfootage,interviews,documents,andhomemovies,itshowswhatgrowingupwaslikeunderSovietruleandhowpeopleadaptedtoperestroikaandGorbachevreforms.Weusedfootagefromthisdocumentary,inadditiontoideasfromthework,throughoutourwebsite,particularlyontheGorbachev'slegacypage.ItwasalsohelpfulinsecuringadistinctlyRussianperspectiveonperestroika,glasnost,andtheendoftheUSSR.

NationalParksService.KennedymeetswithKhrushchevinVienna.1961.JohnF.KennedyPresidentialLibrary.JohnF.KennedyPresidentialLibrary,Boston.JohnF.KennedyPresidentialLibrary.Web.20Feb.2015..Thisimagewasusedasthebannerimageforour"HistoricalContext"page.

NATOBegins.HORIZONTAL.EncyclopdiaBritannicaImageQuest.Web.20Feb2015.Thisimageisusedinthetimelineonour"HistoricalContext"page.

"NorthKoreaShipMissileLaunch."NewYorkTimes.NewYorkTimesCompany,8Feb.2015.Web.8Feb.2015.ShowingaNorthKoreanshipfiringaprospectiveshortrangemissileforcarryingnuclearwarheads,thisimagewasusedonthe"InternationalLegacy"pageofourwebsite.

"NuclearFacilityinIran."NewYorkTimes.NewYorkTimesCompany,n.d.Web.19Jan.2015..ThisimagewasnotinaspecificarticleontheNewYorkTimeswebsite,butwasrathertheheaderimageforthepageonwhichallnewsaboutIran'snuclearprogramiscollected.Theimagewasusedinthecreationofthe"NuclearProliferation"pageofourwebsite.

OctoberRevolution.Photographer.EncyclopdiaBritannicaImageQuest.Web.18Jan2015.ThisimagedepictsoneofthemanyrevolutionsthattookplaceduringthedissolutionoftheSovietUnion,andweuseditonthe"1989"pageofourwebsite,wherewediscusstheseveryrevolutionsandtheireffectsontheColdWar.

OfficialPortraitofPresidentRonaldReagan,1981.RonaldWilsonReagan(February6,1911June5,2004)wasthe40thPresidentoftheUnitedStates(19811989)andthe33rdGovernorofCalifornia(19671975)..Photography.EncyclopdiaBritannicaImageQuest.Web.20Feb2015.ThisportraitofPresidentRonaldReaganisusedonour"Reagan'sLegacyintheUnitedStates"page.

Posterofthemovement'Peaceandliberty'.AnticommunistandAntiSovietpropagandaduringColdWar,1953,France,Washington.LibraryofCongress.Photograph.EncyclopdiaBritannicaImageQuest.Web.20Feb2015.ThisimageofFrenchColdWarpropagandawasusedonour"Supplements"page.

PotsdamConference..Photograph.EncyclopdiaBritannicaImageQuest.Web.18Jan2015.WeusedthisimageofthePotsdamConferenceonthetimelineonthe"HistoricalContext"page.

PragueSpring1968.Photo.EncyclopdiaBritannicaImageQuest.Web.19Feb2015.Weusedthisimageonthe"AHistoryofColdWarLeadership"pagetovisuallyrefertothePragueSpring.

PragueSpring1968.Photo.EncyclopdiaBritannicaImageQuest.Web.20Apr2015.WeusedthisimageofPragueSpringprotestsonthetimelineonthe"HistoricalContext"page.

SovietRussiancartoonfromtheColdWarEra.1960's..Photography.EncyclopdiaBritannicaImageQuest.Web.20Feb2015.ThisimageofSovietColdWarpropagandaisusedonour"Supplements"page.

SovietRussiancartoonfromtheColdWarEra.1980's..Photography.EncyclopdiaBritannicaImageQuest.Web.20Feb2015.ThisSovietColdWarcartoonisusedonour"Supplements"page.

"StarWarsJune23,1986."Time.Time,2015.Web.20Feb.2015..ThisfuturisticTimeMagazinecoveraccompaniedanarticleonReagan'sStarWars,andwasusedonourSummitspage.

Statueofv,i,leninisdismantledinLvivcitycenter,ukraine,september15th1990,fallofcommunism..Photograph.EncyclopdiaBritannicaImageQuest.Web.11Jan2015.InthisphotographthestatueofLenininLvivCityCenterisbeingdismantledin1990.TheimageissymbolicofthefallofcommunismandwasusefulasavisualaidontheYearofRevolutionspageofourwebsite.

"U.S.presidentHarrySTrumansigningtheNorthAtlanticTreatyOrganization(NATO)charterin..."HistoryinDispute.Ed.PaulduQuenoy.Vol.16:TwentiethCenturyEuropeanSocialandPoliticalMovements:FirstSeries.Detroit:St.JamesPress,2004.WorldHistoryinContext.Web.19Jan.2015.ThisphotographofHarryTrumansigningtheNATOcharterwasusedonthe"HistoricalContext"page.

UncleSam'forcingtheWesternEuropeannationstosigntheNorthAtlanticTreatyon4thApril1949,Russiancaricaturefrom'Krokodil'magazine,1949.FineArt.EncyclopdiaBritannicaImageQuest.Web.20Feb2015.ThisisaColdWarpoliticalcartoonformaRussiansatiricalmagazinethatweusedonthe"HistoricalContext"pageofourwebsite.

"U.S.andUSSR/RussianStockpiledNuclearWarheads."IIPDigital:U.S.DepartmentofState.UnitedStatesGovernment,n.d.Web.18Jan.2015.Thisgraphappearedon"Whythestockpiles?"articleontheU.S.DepartmentofStateIIPwebsite.Thegraphshowstheriseandfallofnumberofnuclearwarheadsstockpiledbyeachnationovertheperiodbetween1945and2010.Theimagewasusefulinthecreationofthe"NuclearProliferation"pageonourwebsite.

Wallis,Robert.ThousandsofPeopleRushedtotheBerlinWallintheFirstFewDaysafterItsOpeningon9November,1989.9Nov.1989.Corbis.TheGuardian.Web.20Feb.2015..ThisimageofthousandsofpeopleflockingtocrosstheBerlinWallisusedonour"BerlinWall"page.

Warsaw,19.07.1989.DemonstrationsinforntSejmedificeinprotestofWojciechJaruzelskiasPresidentofPoland.Photographed:demonstratorsholdingbanners.Fot.AleksanderJalosinski/FORUM.Photo.EncyclopdiaBritannicaImageQuest.Web.11Jan2015.ThisimagedepictsoneofmanyprotestsduringtheendoftheColdWarthatultimatelyresultedintheSovietUnion'sdissolution.Itwasusedonour"1989"page.

WarsawPact/1955/Conference.Photograph.EncyclopdiaBritannicaImageQuest.Web.18Jan2015.ThisimagedepictsthesigningoftheWarsawPactin1955,andwasusedinthetimelineonour"HistoricalContext"page.

"WarsawPactSigned,May14,1955."HistoricWorldEvents.Detroit:Gale,2012.WorldHistoryinContext.Web.19Jan.2015.WeusedthisreferencearticleforapictureoftheWarsawPactbeingsignedbydelegatesfromthemembernations.Weusedtheimageonthe"HistoricalContext"timeline,butwealsousedthereferenceentrytolearnabouttheWarsawPactitself.

"WinstonChurchill,FranklinRoosevelt,andJosephStalinattheYaltaConference."GaleEncyclopediaofWorldHistory:War.Vol.2.Detroit:Gale,2008.WorldHistoryinContext.Web.18Jan.2015.WeusedthisarticleforitsimageoftheBigThreeAlliedleaders.Weputthepictureonthetimelineofthe"HistoricalContext"page.

"YaltaConf."Origins:CurrentEventsinHistoricalPerspective.OhioStateUniversity,n.d.Web.9Feb.2015..ThisimageofWinstonChurchill,FranklinD.Roosevelt,andJosephStalinattheYaltaConferenceisthebannerimageofour"Background"page.

SecondarySourcesBooksAdelman,Ken.ReaganatReykjavik:FortyEightHoursThatEndedtheColdWar.NewYork:HarperCollins,2014.Print.The

ReykjavikSummit,focusedonnucleardisarmament,iscoveredinelaboratedetailinthisbook.Adelman'sbook,writtenfromhisperspectiveasareporteratthesummit,detailsthemeetingsandtensionsbetweenReaganandGorbachev.Thebookincorporatesnumerousdetails,paintingavividpictureofthesummit.Wewillusetheinformationinthisbookasgeneralbackground,aswellasincorporatingprimarysourcequotesfromthebookthroughoutourwebsite.

Allen,Oliver,etal.TheSovietUnion.Ed.DaleM.BrownandMartinMann.Chicago:Time,1985.Print.TimeLifeBook.TheSovietUnionprovidesanoverviewoftheSovietUnion'srisetopowerbylookingatthehistoryofRussiaanditspeople.ItalsocontainedusefulimagesrepresentinglifeintheSovietBlock,whichinspiredouruseofimagesfoundinhigherqualityfromonlinearchives.TheinformationabouttherisetopowerwasessentialinbuildingourunderstandingofwheretheSovietUnionwaspolitically,economically,andideologicallyatthedawnofReaganandGorbachev'sinfluenceovertheColdWar.

Brill,MarleneTarg.Americainthe1980s.Minneapolis:TwentyFirstCentury,2010.Print.ThisbookprovideduswithadetailedoverviewoflifeinAmericaduringthe1980s.ItdescribedhistoricaleventsandbrokedowntheAmericanpeoples'viewsduringthisrapidlychangingtime.ThevaryingperspectivesofferedinthebookgaveusadatabaseofrealAmericanviewsontheColdWaranditsissuestousewhencreatingpartsofourwebsiterelatingspecificallytoeffectsontheUnitedStates.

Brown,Archie.TheGorbachevFactor.N.p.:OxfordUniversity,1997.Print.Inthisbook,ArchieBrown,Oxfordprofessor,discussedthenoveltyofGorbachevandtherevolutionarytacticsheusedindealingwiththeintricateSovietbureaucracy.Hetalkedaboutthenecessityofreformingthestructurebyusingthestructure,topreventtheviolenceandregimechangesofauthoritarianeraRussia.WeusedthisbookindevelopinganimageofGorbachevtogooffofwhenwritingoursegmentonGorbachev.

.TheMythoftheStrongLeader:PoliticalLeadershipintheModernAge.N.p.:BodleyHead,2014.Print.ThisbookbyArchieBrownwasadiscussionofgreatleadersthroughouthistoryandananalysisofthemethodsofleadershiptheyused.WeparticularlyfocusedonGorbachevandReaganinthisbook(asitdiscussedtheuniquenessoftheirleadershipandoratory),andextractedquotesfromwithinthework.Thesequoteswereusedonour"ReaganandGorbachev"page.

Buckley,WilliamF.,Jr.TheFalloftheBerlinWall.NewJersey:JohnWiley&Sons,2004.Print.ThissourceincludedadetailedhistoryoftheeventsleadingtothecreationandultimatefalloftheBerlinWall.ItdidthisthroughprimarysourcequotesanddaybydayaccountsofGermanandforeignreactionstotheWall.Theelaboratedetailsofthebookanditsprimarysourcequoteswouldbeusefulinourwebsite,anditsstrictchronologywouldaidincreatingatimeline.

Butson,ThomasG.Gorbachev.NewYork:SteinandDay,1985.Print.ThissourceprovidedourgroupwithanaccountofGorbachev'searlylifeandeventsleadinguptohisintroductionasGeneralSecretaryoftheSovietUnion.Sincethisbookwaswrittenbefore1987andthefalloftheBerlinWall,itwasmainlyconjectureaboutwhatGorbachevwoulddoinhisfinalyearsasGeneralSecretary,includingguessesabouthowhewouldinteractwiththeUnitedStates.

ColdWar:AnIllustratedHistory,19451991.N.p.:JeremyIsaacsProductionsandTurnerOriginalProductions,1998.Print.FollowingtheeventsoftheworldshapingColdWarerathroughadrivingnarrative,thisillustratedhistoricaltextbyIsaacsandDowningprovideduswithabroadbaseofcollectiveinformationaboutthetopic.Fromthiswewereabletodecideonoursectionsofresearchanddivisionsofresearch.ThebookoriginatedasaCNNtelevisionseriestitledColdWar.Thetextisalsoaccompaniedbymanyimagesthatweusedinthevisualaspectofourwebsite.

Devaney,John.RonaldReaganPresident.N.p.:Walker,1990.Print.RonaldReaganPresidentprovidedourgroupwithanoverviewofthelifeofRonaldReagan.Itdidnotprovideourgroupwithadetailedaccountofhispoliciesinoffice,butgaveusabasetobuildoffwhilestartingourresearch.Further,itofferedasmoothintroduction,inafairlyuncomplicatedway,totheincrediblycomplexlayersofReagan'slegacy,leadership,andglobalinfluence.

Gaddis,JohnLewis.TheColdWar.NewYork:Penguin,2005.Print.JohnLewisGaddis,oneoftheforemostColdWarhistorians,laidoutadetailedsummaryoftheColdWarfromYaltatoYeltsininthisbook.Itcontainsprimarysourcequotes,andcontainedavaluableinsightintowhathecallsa"forwardthinkinggeneration"acabalofleaderssuchasGorbachev,Thatcher,andDengwhobelievedinthedismantlingoftheColdWar.Weusedtheinformationinthisbooktodevelopsomeofthebasicideasbehindourwebsite,anduseditasaspringboardforfurtherinvestigationinmoredetail.

Hoffman,DavidE.TheDeadHand:TheUntoldStoryoftheColdWarArmsRaceandItsDangerousLegacy.NewYork:Random,2009.Print.UnlikemanyColdWaranalysesofitskind,thishistoricalinvestigationdelvesingreatdetailintoboththepoliticsandinnerworkingoftheUnitedStatesandtheSovietUnion,ratherthanfocusingontheUnitedStates.AddedfocusontheSovietUnioninthebookwasinvaluabletoourresearchbecausenotalotoftheknowledgegivenabouttheSovietUnionanditsarmscapabilitiesordevelopmentisavailableinotherpublications.Theinformationhelpedusinthecreationofthenuclearproliferationandmoderndayeffectssectionsofourwebsite.

Johnson,Haynes.SleepwalkingThroughHistory:AmericaintheReaganYears.NewYork:W.W.Norton&Company,2003.Print.FilledwithanovertonecenteredonthechangesduringtheColdWarfollowingtheUnitedStatesintoourmoderntime,PulitzerprizewinningjournalistHaynesJohnson'sbookisanindepthandintriguinganalysisoftheAmericancondition,andhowanationwaschangedforeverbytheColdWarera.Further,ittakesaseriouslookatalotoftheideologicalandthematicpartsoftheColdWar,ratherthanjusttheeventsthemselves.

Kort,MichaelG.TheHandbookoftheSovietUnion.Brookfield:Millbrook,1997.Print.TheMillbrookReferenceLibrary.TheHandbookoftheFormerSovietUnionexploredthephysicalandhumangeographyoftheSovietUnion,andhowitinfluencedSovietpoliticsandthedissolutionthereof.ItcoveredtheethnicgroupsoftheSovietUnion,andthehistoryoftheincorporatednations.IthelpedusunderstandhowthephysicalgeographyoftheUSSRinfluenceditspoliticsinlateryears,andhowthenewlyindependentstateswouldfareaftertheyleftthemotherland.Wewillthisbookforvaluablebackgroundinformtionaswellasimagesandmaps.

Mandelbaum,Michael,andStrobeTalbott.ReaganandGorbachev.NewYork:RandomHouse,1987.Print.ReaganandGorbachevdetailstheleadershipstyleofandinteractionsbetweenthetwoleaders.ItfollowsthehistoryofrelationsbetweentheUSAandtheUSSRfromdetentetoglasnost,withnumerousprimarysourcequotesandarticlesaboutReaganandGorbachev.Thisbookwasvaluableinunderstandingthepowerdynamicbetweenthetwosuperpowersfrom1981till1989,andexploredthedifferencesandsimilaritiesbetweenthetwo.Weusedthisbookforbackgroundinformationaswellasquotestoputonourwebsite.

Schmemann,Serge.WhentheWallCamedown.Boston:NewYorkTimes,2006.Print.WhentheWallCamedown,isadescriptionofanindividualsfirstpersonaccountofthedaywhenthewallcamedown.Itcontainsexcellentimagesofthefallofthewallandarticleclippingsfromtheday.

Shultz,GeorgeP.TurmoilandTriumph:MyYearsasSecretaryofState.NewYork:Simon,1993.Print.GeorgeShultzwastheSecretaryofStateduringtheReaganEraandwaspresentduringmanyoftheimportanteventsduringReagan'spresidency.Thepassageinthisbookthatprovedmostrelevantandhelpfultoourgroup,wastheoneregardingtheeventsoftheWashingtonon1987.ThepersonalaccountsofGeorgeShultz,containprimarysourcequotesfromeachworldleader

Smith,Hedrick,etal.ReagantheMan,thePresident.NewYork:Macmillan,1980.Print.ThissourceprovidedourgroupwithaperspectiveonhowtheAmericanpopulationviewedReaganuponhisentryintooffice.ItalsocontainedanaccountofReagan'searlylifeandpoliticalviews.

PeriodicalsBlanton,Thomas,andSvetlanaSavranskaya."Reykjavik:WhenAbolitionWaswithinReach."ArmsControlToday(2011):

4651.JSTOR.Web.14Dec.2014..ReykjavkwasamajorturningpointinthecontextoftheColdWareraalthoughitdidnotproduceanypalpablechanges,ithelpedtopromoteafeelingofrespectbetweenthetwoworldleaders,ReaganandGorbachev.Italsopavedthewayforfuturemeaningfulchangetobemadeinregardstodisarmament

afacthighlightedinthisarticle.Thearticlealsofocusesonhowillpreparedbothsides,specificallytheUS,wereforthis,supposedtobe,mocksummit.

Goodby,JamesE."LookingBack:The1986ReykjavikSummit."ArmsControlToday36.7(2006):4951.JSTOR.Web.14Dec.2014..AlthoughReykjavkdidnotresultinimmediatenucleardisarmament,itdidpavethewayforfutureactionstakentopromotedisarmament.Highlightedbythisarticle,whichdiscussesthemodernimplicationsofwhatbothReaganandGorbachevsoughttoachieveatthesummit.

Graham,Georgia."Scottish'Yes'Vote'WillForceBritaintoAbandonNuclearWeapons.'"TheTelegraph.TelegraphMediaGroup,16Mar.2014.Web.18Feb.2015.TheTelegraph,asarespectedBritishperiodicalsource,providedaprimaryanalysisofthenuclearsituationinGreatBritain.Thisarticle'sinformationwasusedforbackgroundtosupportanimageoftheHMSVanguardnuclearsubmarineusedonthe"Legacies"pageofourwebsite.

Greenstein,FredI."TheImpactofPersonalityontheEndoftheColdWar:ACounterfactualAnalysis."PoliticalPsychology19.1(1998):116.Print.ThisarticleexploredanddiscussedwhethertherolesofReagan,Gorbachev,ShultzandShevardnadzewerethemostcrucialcomponentsofendingtheColdWar,and,iftheywere,howtheirrespectivepersonalitiesworkedtodoso.Italsoledintoagreaterdiscussionofhowvalidtheconceptof"GreatPersons"inhistorywasforanalyzinglargerhistoricaltrends.Thisarticleprovidedaverygood,indepthlookintotherolesReaganandGorbachevplayed,andalsohelpedestablishabasicunderstandingoftheleader'spersonalityandstyles.Thisinformationwasusefulinfleshingoutthe"Leadership"partofourprojectandthesis.

Haas,Mark."TheUnitedStatesandtheEndoftheColdWar:ReactionstoShiftsinSovietPower,Policies,orDomesticPolicies."InternationalOrganization61.1(2007):14579.Print.ThearticlepostulatedandexploredfourseparatehypothesesastowhytheUSperceivedtheendoftheColdWarwasnigh,andinturnhelpedexplaintheendoftheColdWarinsomeways.Thesehypothesescovercooperativeforeignpolicy,theUSSR'sdeclininggeopoliticalpower,newmoretransparentSovietinstitutions,andacrumblingoftraditionalSovietpoliticalphilosophy.ThearticlealsoexplainedtheendoftheColdWarandAmericanpolicyatthetimeinexplicitdetail.ThispaperwasusefulinprovidingmanyreasonsastowhytheColdWar,ended,whichwasusefultodeterminecontextforourwebsite.WealsousedthepapertoseehowinteractionsbetweenReaganandtheSovietsdefinedthebreakupoftheSovietUnion.

."REVIEW:ReaganatReykjavikFortyEightHoursthatEndedtheColdWarByKenAdelman."TheWashingtonPost[WashingtonD.C.]9May2014:n.pag.Print.Thisarticleprovidedanoverviewofthebook"ReaganatReykjavikFortyEightHoursthatEndedtheColdWar"byKenAdelman.Thoughwedidnotendupreadingthebookinfull,itdidleadustofindsimilarsourcesthatwereincrediblyvaluabletoourresearch.

Oberdorfer,Don,andLouCannon."SummitDeclareda'Success.'"WashingtonPost[Washington,D.C.]11Dec.1987:n.pag.WashingtonPost.Web.20Feb.2015..AttheWashingtonsummit,thefamedINFtreatywasborn.Thistreatywasinfluentialinreducingthenucleararmcountinbothsuperpowernations.Atatimewhenthearmsracewasstillcomingdownfromitshighatthebeginningofthedecade,aseriousturningpointhadjustbeenreached.Thisarticletalksaboutthesummitduringthetimeofitscompletion,andsooffersaprimaryinsight,grantedfromapurelyAmericanperspective,intotheeffectsontheColdWarandtheworld.

Sarotte,MaryElise."HowtheBerlinWallReallyFell."NewYorkTimes[NewYork]8Nov.2014,Oped:19.Print.MaryEliseSarotte'sarticleexploredanormallyunseenviewoftheColdWar,bycitingGorbachevandEastGermanpoliticiansastheprimarymotivesforthefalloftheBerlinWall.WhileAmericanpoliticalscientistscommonlyespouseReaganasthemainreasonthewallfell,Sarottecites"EastBerlin'sincompetenceand,crucially,risingoppositionfromeverydayGermans".ThisarticleprovideduswithadifferentviewpointbehindtheendoftheColdWarthathelpedusfleshoutourresearchintoGorbachevandhisrole.Wealsousedtheauthorofthisarticleasapotentialsourceforaninterview.

Smale,Alison."60YearsLater,GermanyRecallsItsAntiSovietRevolt."TheNewYorkTimes[NewYork]17June2013:n.pag.TheNewYorkTimes.Web.21Apr.2015..ThisarticlefromtheNewYorktimesdiscussestherelevancyofthe1953uprisinginGermanytoday.Weusedthearticleforanimageofthe1953protests.Weusedtheimageonthetimelineonthe"HistoricalContext"page.

Sukhov,Ivan."PutinandGorbachevonSameSideofBerlinWall."TheMoscowTimes.Ed.NabiAbdullaev.SanomaIndependent,12Nov.2014.Web.20Feb.2015..This

articlediscussedthe25thanniversaryofthefalloftheWall,andusedthisasavehicletodiscusstheideologiesofGorbachevandPutin.TheauthorbelievedthattheannexationofCrimeawastoPutinastheWallwastoGorbachev,andthatintheirpoliticaldecisionstheywerequitesimilar.Weusedthisarticleforaquoteonour"Gorbachev'sLegacy"page.

Tran,Janet,andAnthonyPennay."TheLeadershipandLegacyoftheColdWarPresident."Leadership&LegacyinHistory2014:2125.Print.Thisarticleprovidedourgroupwithbasicinformationtohelplaunchandprovidedirectionforourresearch.

Tweed,David."ChinaTakesNuclearWeaponsUnderseaAwayfromPryingEyes."BloombergBusiness.Bloomberg,8Dec.2014.Web.18Feb.2015.BloombergBusinessoffersbothfinancialandglobalpoliticalnewsonitswebsite.ThisarticledescribesChina'smodernnucleardevelopments,andtheimageattachedtothearticlewasusedonthe"Legacies"pageofourwebsite.Thearticleitselfwasnotusedexcepttogainbaseinformationtosupporttheimage.

Wilson,JamesGraham."DidReaganMakeGorbachevPossible?"PresidentialStudiesQuarterly38.3(2008):45675.JSTOR.Web.14Dec.2014..RonaldReagan,wasamultifacetedindividualthatprovedamysteryfortheSovietUnionanditsleaders.HewouldoftenmakestatementsdeemedthreateningbytheSovietUnionbutthenactinthepolaroppositewayandviceversa.DuetothelackofclaritywithReagan'spresidency,RussianleadersexperiencedaperiodoffearandparanoiabecausetheycouldnotpredictwhatReaganwoulddonext,arealitymadeclearinthisarticle.

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Carlisle,RodneyP."ReykjavikSummitConference."EncyclopediaoftheAtomicAge.NewYork:FactsOnFile,Inc.,2001.ModernWorldHistoryOnline.FactsOnFile,Inc.The"ReykjavikSummitConference"gaveanexcellentoverviewoftheinnerworkingsofthesummitandthetensionsfeltbetweenthetwoleaders.Thisfoundationalinformationwasfundamentalinourresearchinthisareaandthecreationofour"Summits"pagebecausethiswasoneofthemostdefiningsummitsbetweenthetwoleaders.

Carlisle,RodneyP."RonaldReagan,nuclearweaponspolicyof."EncyclopediaoftheAtomicAge.NewYork:FactsOnFile,Inc.,2001.ModernWorldHistoryOnline.FactsOnFile,Inc.ThisarticleprovideduswithReagan'spoliciesinregardtonuclearweapons,specificallyhispersistentfascinationwithSDI.AccesstothesepolicieswasvitaltoourresearchinthisareabecauseitwasSDIthatledtoroadblocksinthesigningofnuclearreductiontreatiesbetweentheUnitedStatesandSovietUnion.Thisinformationwasusedinthecreationofthe"Summits"pageofourwebsite.

Carlisle,RodneyP."SummitMeetings."EncyclopediaoftheAtomicAge.N.p.:n.p.,n.d.N.pag.FactsOnFile.Web.23Dec.2014..AtimelineandabriefdescriptionforthemanysummitsheldduringtheColdWarmadethissourcebothrichininformationandagraphicarrangementofthatinformation.Thetimelinewasusefulinchronologicallyaligningourselvesduringthetimewhenwewerearrangingthedifferentperiodsinourproject'shistoryandassigningthemtospecificpagesofourwebsite.Theinformationwasmostusefulinthecreationofour"Summits"page.

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Gorbachev,Mikhail."StatementontheReykjavikSummitMeeting."TheColdWar.Ed.WalterHixson.Woodbridge,CT:PrimarySourceMedia,2000.AmericanJourney.WorldHistoryinContext.Web.20Feb.2015.TheReykjaviksummitbetweenReaganandGorbachevwas,ifnotthemostimportant,arguablyoneofthemostimportantsummitsbetweenthesuperpowers.ItsetprecedentfordiscussionsaboutshortandmediumrangenuclearweaponsaswellasontheissueofSDI.Therefore,thisdocumentinwhichGorbachevremarksonthesummitisanincrediblyimportantprimarysource,andwasvitaltothecreationofour"Summits"page.

"HowAdvancedIsNorthKorea'sNuclearProgramme?"BBCNews:Asia.BBC,25Apr.2014.Web.19Jan.2015.InvestigatingthestrengthoftheNorthKoreanprogram,thisarticleofferedinformationandanimagethatwasusefulinthecreationofthe"NuclearProliferation"pageonourwebsite.

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Jones,BrianMadison."nucleararmsrace."WorldHistory:TheModernEra.ABCCLIO,2014.Web.23Dec.2014.ThenucleararmsracewasatthecoreoftheColdWar,itiswhatfueledthewarsadvancedandwasthefocusoftheinteractionsbetweenbothparties.Thisarticleprovidesanoverviewofthehistoryofthenucleararmsrace.

Klein,Joe."RememberingtheGipper."LifeRememberingReagan.Ed.RobertSullivan.NewYork:Life,2014.69.Print.RememberingReagancontainedusefulimagesofRonaldReaganthroughouthislifeandpresidentialcareerwhichweusedonmultiplepagesonourwebsite.

Maddux,ThomasR."ColdWarTermination."EncyclopediaofAmericanForeignPolicy.Ed.RichardDeanBurns,AlexanderDeConde,andFredrikLogevall.2nded.Vol.1.NewYork:CharlesScribner'sSons,2002.257271.WorldHistoryinContext.Web.23Dec.2014.Withadifferentperspectivefromsimilardocumentswefound,thisanalysisoftheendoftheColdWarandthedissolutionoftheSovietUnionwasusefulbecauseitinformedusmoreonthetopic.Theknowledgewegainedfromthesourcewasabigpartofcreatingthelegacypagesandour"Conclusion"page.

"Marshall,GeorgeC."ColdWarReferenceLibrary.Ed.RichardC.Hanes,SharonM.Hanes,andLawrenceW.Baker.Vol.5:PrimarySources.Detroit:UXL,2004.4351.U.S.HistoryinContext.Web.20Feb.2015.ThissourceifpredominantlyaspeechgivenbyGeorgeMarshallregardinghisplantorebuildEuropeafterWorldWarII.WeusedthisspeechtobetterunderstandtheMarshallplaninthegreaterscopeofpostwareconomicassistance.

Matray,JamesI."KAL007incident."WorldHistory:TheModernEra.ABCCLIO,2014.Web.23Dec.2014.TheshootingdownofflightKAL007wasusedaspropagandatoolbytheUnitedStatestounderminetheSovietUnion'simagearoundtheworld.Despite,USknowledgethattheincidentwasacaseofmistakenidentity,theystillportrayedtheSovietsaseviltohelp"win"theColdWar.Allthisisdetailedinthissource.

"MikhailGorbachev."ArchitectsofPeace.ArchitectsofPeaceFoundation,n.d.Web.20Feb.2015..ThisarticleonMikhailGorbachevcontainedaplethoraofquotesthatprovedvitaltoourwebsite.

"MikhailGorbachevIntroducesPerestroikaandGlasnost:1985."GlobalEvents:MilestoneEventsThroughoutHistory.Ed.JenniferStock.Vol.2:AsiaandOceania.FarmingtonHills,MI:Gale,2014.WorldHistoryinContext.Web.7Dec.2014.PerestroikaandglasnostweretwoofGorbachev'smostimportantpoliticalpoliciesduringtheendoftheColdWar.ThissourcehelpedtoprovidebackgroundontheoriginofthepoliciesaswellashowtheSovietUniongottothepositionitwasinwhenGorbachevcameintopower.Also,thesourcemakesagoodconnectionbetweenthepoliciesandtheendoftheColdWaranddissolutionoftheSovietUnion.

"MikhailSergeevichGorbachev."EncyclopediaofWorldBiography.Detroit:Gale,1998.WorldHistoryinContext.Web.28Sept.2014.Thisoverview/biographyarticleonGorbachevgaveourgroupabroadbutnotindepthinitiallookatsomeofthedetailsofGorbachev'slifeandactions.TheinformationwasusefulinguidingustowardsfuturesourcesofresearchaswellasinhelpingustoformourpreliminaryanglesonGorbachev'spartintheproject.

"MILESTONES:19211936RecognitionoftheSovietUnion,1933."U.S.DepartmentofStateOfficeoftheHistorian.U.SDepartmentofState,2015.Web.21Apr.2015..ThiswebpagecontainedasummaryoftheinitialrecognitionoftheSovietUnionbytheUnitedStates.FranklinRooseveltnegotiatedwithMaximLitvinov,SovietCommissarforForeignAffairs,fortherecognition.TheU.S.recognizedtheSovietUnioninexchangefortheSovietUnionpayingoffitsdebtstotheU.S.,theSovietUniongrantingrightstoU.S.citizenslivingintheSovietUnion,andfortheSovietUniontostopmeddlinginU.S.domesticaffairs.WhileRooseveltfeltitwastimetorecognizetheSovietUnion,thenegotiationsettheirrelationshipoffonagoodfoot.Weusedthearticle'simageofLitvinovonthetimelineonour"HistoricalContext"page.

"NATO(NorthAtlanticTreatyOrganization)."InternationalMilitaryandDefenseEncyclopedia.Ed.TrevorN.Dupuy.Detroit:MacmillanReferenceUSA,1993.WorldHistoryinContext.Web.19Jan.2015.ByunderstandingthecreationofNATO,oneisunderstandingahugepartoftheColdWar.TheformationofNATO,inrelationtotheWarsawpactespecially,turnedthetablesontheSovietUnion,furtherisolatingitfromtherestoftheworldinitscommunism.ThispressureontheSovietUnionwaspivotalinsettingonthetracktoitsdissolution.

"Reykjavksummitof1986."EncyclopeadiaBritannica.Britannica,2014.Web.7Dec.2014..ThisarticleanalyzedtheroleofSDIpolicyinderailingtheprogressmadeduringthesummit.ItdiscussedhowReaganwasunwillingtobudgeonSDIpolicy.

"RonaldReagan."WorldHistory:TheModernEra.ABCCLIO,2014.Web.7Sept.2014.AgeneraloverviewofReagan'slifeandachievementsbothinandoutofoffice,thisarticleprovideduswithhelpfulinformationwithwhichtobuildthebaseofourknowledgeaboutourproject.

"RonaldReagan."AmericanHistory.ABCCLIO,2015.Web.18Jan.2015.ThisdatabasearticleonRonaldReaganservedasasolidfoundationforknowingReaganandprovidedaWesternperspective.

"RonaldReaganProclaimsItsMorningAgaininAmerica:1984."GlobalEvents:MilestoneEventsThroughoutHistory.Ed.JenniferStock.Vol.6:NorthAmerica.FarmingtonHills,MI:Gale,2014.WorldHistoryinContext.Web.23Dec.2014.RonaldReagan'sfiscalpoliciesduringhisfirstandsecondtermsinofficewereessentialtobringingtheUnitedStatesoutofthedepressionthathadplagueditduringtheprecedingdecade.ThisarticleprovidedamoderatelydetailedoverviewofthepoliciesandhowtheyinfluencedboththedomesticUnitedStateseconomyaswellasinternationaleconomyandrelationswithothercountries.

Sebestyen,Victor."PublicJoyandPrivatePanic:HowtheWorld'sPowersRespondedWhentheSovietEmpireFell."Spectator.Spectator,12July2014.Web.20Feb.2015..

Stacy,RobertN."BrezhnevDoctrine."WorldHistory:TheModernEra.ABCCLIO,2015.Web.20Feb.2015.WeusedthisdatabasearticletoeducateourselvesontheBrezhnevDoctrine,theideathattheSovietUnionmustinterveneinforeignmatterstoprotectthevitalityofsocialism.WedescribetheBrezhnevDoctrineanditsimportanceonthe"AHistoryofColdWarLeadership"page.

Stacy,RobertN."SocialismwithaHumanFace:ThePragueSpringReformMovement."ABCCLIOHistoryandtheHeadlines.ABCCLIO,2015.Web.20Feb.2015..ThisdatabasearticlefromABCCLIOdescribesBrezhnev'sideaof"SocialismwithaHumanFace"andhisnamesakeBrezhnevDoctrine.WealsousedthisdatabaseentryforapictureofthePragueSpring.

"UnionofConcernedScientists."WorldHistory:TheModernEra.ABCCLIO,2014.Web.23Dec.2014.TheUnionofConcernedScientistswere/areagroupfoundedtohelppursueamorehumanitarianapplicationofscienceandwereamajorcriticofmanyofReagan'sproposals.Theirhistoryisoutlinedinthissource.

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