Cold War Era

Overview of Nuclear Material Protection, Control and Accounting in Russia, November 16, 1994

Background Excerpt from the document: WHILE MANY DIFFERENT SYSTEMS ARE IN PLACE IN RUSSIA TO INSURE THE SECURITY OF NUCLEAR…

November 17, 2020

Role of CIA in Nuclear War, 1958

Background In 1958, the CIA completed the below report about its role in the event of a nuclear war. The…

October 21, 2020

Soviet Views on Military Operations in Space, July 1986

Background According to the abstract, this report studies the Soviet reaction to the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI). Document Archive Soviet…

October 6, 2020

The 1983 War Scare in US-Soviet Relations, Undated (circa 1996)

Background This article was written for the CIA Studies in Intelligence. The author was Benjamin B. Fischer. In August of…

May 17, 2020

USS Liberty Attack, June 8, 1967

Background The USS Liberty incident was an attack on a United States Navy technical research ship, USS Liberty, by Israeli…

January 27, 2020

The “Family Jewels” Collection (CIA)

Background Widely known as the "Family Jewels," this archive consists of almost 700 pages of responses from CIA employees to…

September 24, 2019

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…

August 30, 2019

Soviet Propaganda Alerts

Background During the administration of President Ronald Reagan, Project Truth was established to address President Reagan's concerns about Soviet propaganda.…

May 20, 2019

Project HOMERUN

Background HOMERUN was a secret US aerial reconnaissance operation against the USSR conducted between March and May 1956. During that…

September 18, 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