Annotated Bibliography

Primary Sources

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 7 June 1944, final ed. Print. This newspaper was published at the beginning of the D-Day operation as the liberation of Europe began. This primary source conveys the mood of the American people and press at the time, urging them to buy war bonds and conserve resources so more could be sent to troops; and also talks about the staying power of Russia's Red Army as they fought to keep neighboring countries out of Axis control; signifying the short period of time in which the Soviet Union and the United States united against a common enemy.

Reagan, Ronald Wilson. Brandenburg Gate. Berlin, Germany. 12 June 1987. Speech. This speech was given by Ronald Reagan towards the end of the Cold War in Berlin, Germany, speaking directly to Mikhail Gorbachev, the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet Union at the time. This primary source illuminated for me what demands the United States wanted the Soviet Union to agree to. I considered it a primary source because it was a first-hand account from Americans living through that time period that conveyed their feelings towards the Soviets.

Brzezinski, Zbiginew, Dr. Personal interview. 13 Apr. 1997. Zbniginew Brzezinski, a Polish-American political scientist who also served as the National Security Advisor during the Carter

administration and much of the Cold War, offers great first-hand insight into what it was like living through these uncertain times while he was set with the task of ensuring that a nation was safe while so many threats seemed to oppose it. Helmut Schmidt. Bayerisches Fernsehen: Mnchner Runde. Ard.de, n.d. Web. 3 Jan. 2013. <http://www.br.de/fernsehen/bayerisches-fernsehen/sendungen/muenchner-runde/HelmutSchmidt-bild-108~_v-image853_-7ce44e292721619ab1c1077f6f262a89f55266d7.jpg? version=1353330839066>. This website (originally in German- translated to English) offers a great picture of Helmut Schmidt, a former Cold War German chancellor, standing in front of the German flag. Moser, John, and Lori Hahn. Cold War Interactive Map. Teaching American History. Ashbrook Center at Ashland University, 2006. Web. 4 Jan. 2013. <http://teachingamericanhistory.org/neh/interactives/coldwareuropemap/>. This Interactive Map offered a view of most of Europe and west Asia, and when you scroll over certain places it allows you to look at events that happened in those places during the Cold War. This helped us to the see how the distances between countries affected by the Cold War and helped us model our own interactive map. Schmidt, Helmet, Mr. Personal interview. 26 June 2008. This interview was conducted with Helmet Schmidt, the ex-chancellor of Germany during the Cold War. It shows how other countries who were not directly involved in the war were also affected, making it a near global event. He talks about the nuclear stationing done by both countries in Germany and how the Cuban Missile Crisis left an impression on the entire world; leaving them biting their nails in fear of an all out nuclear war. Zbigninew Brezezinski. Global Zero: A World without Nuclear Weapons. Global Zero, n.d. Web. 28 Dec. 2012. <http://www.globalzero.org/files/signatory_photos/brzezinski.jpg>. This is a picture of

Zbiginiew Brzezinski while he was in office serving in the Carter administration. I thought the image helped to put the man in out interview into the greater context of his appearance.

Secondary Sources

Cold War. A&E Television Networks, 1996. Web. 6 Dec. 2012. <http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war>. I used this source to reference information I previously found in an AP World History Textbook (cited above) which offered analysis but not context, something this website did. I think this website was very helpful in putting my prior knowledge into perspective, overall honing my rasp on my topic.

The Cold War Museum. Cold War Museum, 2002. Web. 6 Dec. 2012. <http:// www.coldwar.org/>. This website contained a time line of events that led up to, were during, and came as the aftermath of the Cold War. This reference was helpful in defining the after- affects of the war; which is to say the reason the Cold War can be considered a Turning Point at all.

Ben W. "The Nuclear Game- How Close Was It?" Cold War. ITN Archives, n.d. Web. Nov.-Dec. 2012. This website served as a look into just how close our countries were to falling into a full out nuclear war. It helped to explain the tensions felt in all countries at the time, and that they were well assured in their worry.

Chris T. "The Cold War." History Learning Site. N.p., 2000. Web. 6 Dec. 2012. This website provided an affirmation of base knowledge we held in the Cold War and served as a good refrence pioint to check information and to put primary sources in context.

Chung TK. "What Is Cold War." Cold War 1945- 1960. N.p., n.d. Web. Dec.-Jan. 2012. In this website the author helped us to navigate the confusing question of What is the Cold War, using it in present tense. It helped to make clear our understanding of not what happened in the war, but what the war itself actually was.

"Cold War." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 04 Dec. 2012. <http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war>. This website offered many good videos that we integrated into our site to show various speeches given by the Soviet Union and the United States and put text in context with other primary sources to give you a real understanding of the event. "The Cold War Museum." Cold War Museum. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Dec. 2012. <http://coldwar.org/>. We used this interactive museum to look at cold war memorabilia without actually going to themuseum. It helped to bring the Cold War to life to us, who have never really lived through the experience or seen it first hand. Jeane J. "American Enterprise Institute." Beyond the Cold War. Georgetown University, n.d. Web. 03 Dec. 2012. <http://www.aei.org/article/foreign-and-defense-policy/defense/beyond-the-coldwar/>. This website showed how the Cold War affected the world after it ended, and how it lingers today. It takes what happened in the Cold War and takes it beyond, bringing it into relation with things that are going on today and how the Cold War affected them.