Wartime

The Iraq War — The Invariable and the Variable, March 8, 2005

Background According to the document: The Iraq war is over, but its effects continue. Just what kind of war was…

August 17, 2018

Federal Emergency Plan D / Presidential Emergency Action Documents (PEADs)

Background Federal Emergency Plan D-Minus was a plan developed by the United States in the 1950s to guide the federal…

June 2, 2018

Gorbachev’s Response to the US Nuclear Initiative: Implications for Soviet Strategic Offensive Forces, 31 October 1991

Background Document Excerpt: "In his speech of 5 October, President Gorbachev announced numerous unilateral Soviet measures relating to strategic offensive arms…

May 23, 2018

Iraq & Weapons of Mass Destruction

Background The fifth president of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, was internationally known for his use of chemical weapons in the 1980s…

May 16, 2018

Project Azorian / Project Jennifer

Background "AZORIAN" (erroneously called JENNIFER after its Top Secret Security Compartment by the press) was the code name for a…

May 4, 2018

CIA Scientific Intelligence Reports on Artificial Intelligence Research in the USSR, September 1964

Background The following documents were obtained under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). They…

May 3, 2018

The Process of Soviet Weapons Design, March 1978

Background Explanation and prediction of military R&D in the USSR requires consideration of the system as a whole. Only in…

February 2, 2018

Operation Pedro Pan

Background Operation Pedro Pan (or Operación Pedro Pan) was a mass exodus of over 14,000 unaccompanied Cuban minors to the…

January 2, 2018

Proposed Courses of Action Versus Hamas and Hezbollah, January 2, 2011

Background In recent years, Iran strengthened its regional and global position through a wide array of alliances, spreading from Latin…

September 23, 2017

Project Corona Harvest (1968-1974): Evaluating the Effectiveness of U.S. Airpower in the Vietnam War

Background "Project Corona Harvest" was a U.S. Air Force program that ran from 1968 to 1974, aimed at evaluating the…

September 21, 2017