Background The following list of documents pertain to FBI files and the Cold War era. They were obtained from the FBI under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Communist Index – FBI File 100-HQ-358086 – FBI Release #1 – ...
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Struggling Towards Space Doctrine: U.S. Military Space Plans, Programs, and Perspectives During the Cold War, May 1994
Background This study examines the evolution of U.S. military thinking about how outer space might contribute to U.S. national security during the cold war era. It divides the cold war era into four periods: 1945-Sputnik I, Sputnik 1-1963, ...
Soviet Propaganda Alerts
Background During the administration of President Ronald Reagan, Project Truth was established to address President Reagan’s concerns about Soviet propaganda. The program was overseen by The United States International Communication ...
Cambodia’s Role in the Movement of Arms and Ammunition to the Vietnamese Communists, July 1968
Background According to the document: “There is increasing evidence — albeit mainly circumstantial — that Communist forces in the III and IV Corps areas of South Vietnam are receiving an important share of their arms and ...
Abu Ghraib Prison Scandal
Background During the war in Iraq that began in March 2003, personnel of the United States Army and the Central Intelligence Agency committed a series of human rights violations against detainees in the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. These ...
