| Overview of the Cold War | p. ix |
| Causes of the Cold War | p. xiii |
| Consequences of the Cold War | p. xxiii |
| Reference Entries | |
| Acheson, Dean Gooderham (1893-1971) | p. 1 |
| Afghanistan War (1979-1989) | p. 3 |
| Africa | p. 6 |
| Arab Nationalism | p. 12 |
| Bay of Pigs (April 17, 1961) | p. 15 |
| Berlin Blockade and Airlift (1948-1949) | p. 16 |
| Berlin Crises (1958-1961) | p. 19 |
| Berlin Wall (August 13, 1961-November 9, 1989) | p. 21 |
| Brandt, Willy (1913-1992) | p. 24 |
| Brezhnev, Leonid (1906-1982) | p. 27 |
| Central Intelligence Agency | p. 29 |
| Churchill, Winston (1874-1965) | p. 31 |
| Civil Defense | p. 34 |
| Committee on the Present Danger | p. 38 |
| Communist Revolutionary Warfare | p. 41 |
| Congo Civil War (1960-1965) | p. 44 |
| Cuba | p. 45 |
| Cuban Missile Crisis (October 1962) | p. 48 |
| Dominican Republic, U.S. Interventions in | p. 55 |
| Dulles, John Foster (1888-1959) | p. 56 |
| Eisenhower, Dwight David (1890-1969) | p. 61 |
| Geneva Conference (1954) | p. 65 |
| Gorbachev, Mikhail (1931-) | p. 66 |
| Greek Civil War (1946-1949) | p. 68 |
| Gromyko, Andrey (1909-1989) | p. 70 |
| Gulags | p. 71 |
| Helsinki Final Act (1975) | p. 75 |
| Hiss, Alger (1904-1996) | p. 76 |
| Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969) | p. 76 |
| Hoover, John Edgar (1895-1972) | p. 78 |
| Human Rights | p. 79 |
| Hydrogen Bomb | p. 83 |
| Indochina War (1946-1954) | p. 87 |
| Israel | p. 91 |
| Johnson, Lyndon Baines (1908-1973) | p. 95 |
| Kennan, George Frost (1904-2005) | p. 99 |
| Kennedy, John Fitzgerald (1917-1963) | p. 101 |
| Khrushchev, Nikita (1894-1971) | p. 104 |
| Kissinger, Henry (1923-) | p. 107 |
| Korean War (1950-1953) | p. 108 |
| Laos | p. 119 |
| Latin America, Popular Liberation Movements in | p. 121 |
| Literature | p. 123 |
| Malayan Emergency (1948-1960) | p. 131 |
| Mao Zedong (1893-1976) | p. 132 |
| Marshall Plan | p. 135 |
| McCarthyism | p. 139 |
| Missiles, Intercontinental Ballistic | p. 141 |
| Moscow Meeting, Brezhnev and Nixon (May 22-30, 1972) | p. 144 |
| Mutual Assured Destruction | p. 146 |
| National Security Act (July 26, 1947) | p. 149 |
| National Security Agency | p. 150 |
| Nixon, Richard Milhous (1913-1994) | p. 151 |
| Non-Aligned Movement | p. 153 |
| North American Aerospace Defense Command | p. 155 |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization, History of (1948-1990) | p. 157 |
| NSC-68, National Security Council Report | p. 160 |
| Nuclear Arms Race | p. 161 |
| Nuclear Tests | p. 164 |
| Ostpolitik | p. 169 |
| Partial Test Ban Treaty (August 5, 1963) | p. 173 |
| Peace Movements | p. 174 |
| Perestroika | p. 178 |
| Prague Spring (1968) | p. 178 |
| Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty | p. 183 |
| Reagan, Ronald Wilson (1911-2004) | p. 184 |
| Sakharov, Andrei Dimitrievich (1921-1989) | p. 189 |
| Sino-Soviet Split (1956-1966) | p. 190 |
| Solidarity Movement | p. 193 |
| Sputnik (October 4, 1957) | p. 196 |
| Stalin, Josef (1879-1953) | p. 198 |
| Strategic Air Command | p. 201 |
| Strategic Arms Limitation Talks and Treaties | p. 203 |
| Strategic Arms Reduction Talks and Treaties | p. 207 |
| Strategic Defense Initiative | p. 209 |
| Tiananmen Square (June 4, 1989) | p. 213 |
| Tito, Josip Broz (1892-1980) | p. 215 |
| Truman Doctrine (March 12, 1947) | p. 217 |
| U-2 Incident (May 1960) | p. 221 |
| United Nations | p. 222 |
| Vietnam War (1957-1975) | p. 231 |
| Vladivostok Meeting (November 22-24, 1974) | p. 238 |
| Warsaw Pact | p. 239 |
| Washington Summit Meeting, Reagan and Gorbachev (December 7-10, 1987) | p. 242 |
| Yeltsin, Boris (1931-2007) | p. 245 |
| Primary Source Documents | |
| Declaration on Liberated Europe: The Yalta Conference (February 1945) | p. 249 |
| Ho Chi Minh: Telegrams to President Harry S. Truman (September 29, 1945, and February 28, 1946) | p. 250 |
| Winston Churchill: "The Sinews of Peace" (Iron Curtain Speech) (March 5, 1946) | p. 251 |
| George C. Marshall: Remarks by the Secretary of State (Marshall Plan) (June 5, 1947) | p. 253 |
| North Atlantic Treaty (1949) | p. 256 |
| Harry S. Truman: First U.S. Acknowledgment of Soviet Atomic Bomb Detonation (September 23, 1949) | p. 258 |
| Joseph McCarthy: Speech on Spread of Communism (February 20, 1950) | p. 259 |
| Harry S. Truman: Declaration of a National Emergency (December 16, 1950) | p. 261 |
| Douglas MacArthur: Post-Recall Speech to Congress (April 19, 1951) | p. 262 |
| Korean Armistice Agreement (1953) | p. 268 |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower: "The Row of Dominoes," Presidential Press Conference (April 7, 1954) | p. 271 |
| Warsaw Security Pact (1955) | p. 273 |
| Mao Zedong: "U.S. Imperialism Is a Paper Tiger" (July 14, 1956) | p. 276 |
| Imre Nagy: Final Message to the Hungarian People (1956) | p. 279 |
| Soviet Announcement of Sputnik (October 5, 1957) | p. 279 |
| John F. Kennedy: Inaugural Address (January 20, 1961) | p. 281 |
| Vadim Orlov: Account of the B-59 Incident (1962) | p. 284 |
| John F. Kennedy: Commencement Address Announcing Cooperation with Soviets (June 10, 1963) | p. 285 |
| Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (1963) | p. 291 |
| Tonkin Gulf Resolution (August 7, 1964) | p. 293 |
| Chinese Announcement of Nuclear Test (October 16, 1964) | p. 294 |
| Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (1968) | p. 296 |
| Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty I (May 26, 1972) | p. 299 |
| U.S. War Powers Act (November 7, 1973) | p. 301 |
| Yuri Andropov: Memorandum to Brezhnev on Afghanistan (December 1979) | p. 303 |
| Civil Defense Instructions for Home Fallout Shelters (1980) | p. 305 |
| U.S. Government: Disappearances and Human Rights, Three Document Excerpts (1980-1996) | p. 307 |
| Ronald Reagan: The "Evil Empire" (March 8, 1983) | p. 345 |
| Ronald Reagan: "Tear Down This Wall" Speech (June 12, 1987) | p. 348 |
| The Minsk Declarations (Dissolution of the Soviet Union) (December 8, 1991) | p. 353 |
| Competition Spurs Technology | p. 359 |
| Evolving East-West Relations | p. 363 |
| Proxy Wars and Militaiy Aid | p. 367 |
| Ronald Reagan and the Cold War | p. 371 |
| Cold War Chronology | p. 377 |
| Bibliography | p. 393 |
| List of Editors and Contributors | p. 415 |
| Index | p. 419 |
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