Vincent Ferraro, Professor of International Politics at Mt. HolyOke College has ammassed a wealth of links to pertinent sites, simple text documents from the colonial era to the present day, including his own analysis from confernence and speaking engagements.
The National Security Archives has created a series of documents that relate to the major incidents of the Cold War, including the Marshall Plan, Cuban Missile Crisis, as well as broader events such as the growth of communism in China and the opening of US relations.
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars has also put together a remarkable series of documents including multimedia sources that greatly enhance learning. Perhaps most important is the growing analysis on the site. Still in its infancy, the Wilson Center has begun to add "insight" to its list of resources available.
The Following Documents are for use specifically by University College Cork students who are taking part in HI 3200: US Foreign Policy and Empire?
* The United States Department of State, Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1941. The British Commonwealth; the Near East and Africa, Volume III (Washington, D.C.: US Government Printing Office, 1941), p. 176-77, 179-81, 197, 184-87
* United States Department of State, Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, The Conferences at Cairo and Tehran, 1943 (Washington, D.C.: US Government Printing Office, 1943), p. 345, 864
* Vietnam's Declaration of Independence (1945)
* Ho Chi Minh to Harry S. Truman, February 26, 1948
* George C. Marshall, 'Speech at Harvard University,' June 5, 1947
* Documents Establishing the Marshall Plan, Truman Library
* Harry S. Truman, Address before Joint Session of Congress, March 12, 1947, “The Truman Doctrine”
* Documents: The Truman Doctrine, Truman Library.
* The North Atlantic Treaty, April 4, 1949.
