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Earl Gregg Swem Library

Cuba: U.S. Policy and Issues for the 113th Congress

Categories: Communism,Cuba,Latin America

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R43024.pdf

Describes recent economic policy changes in Cuba, current U.S. policy toward Cuba, and recent legislation introduced in Congress about Cuba.   .  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

 

Azerbaijan: Recent Developments and U.S. Interests

Categories: Asia,Communism,Energy,Foreign Assistance,Terrorism

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/97-522.pdf

Describes the history since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the aims and levels of U.S. foreign assistance, and current mutual efforts aimed at counterterrorism objectives.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

 

U.S. Had Plans for Full Nuclear Response in Event President Killed or Disappeared During an Attack on the United States

Categories: Communism,Defense/Military,Govt Secrecy,History,Nuclear Arms

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nukevault/ebb406/

A collection of ten declassified national security documents that reveal plans for an automatic attack directed against the Soviet Union and China if the president were lost during an attack on the U.S.  From the National Security Archive.

 

Declassified Pentagon History Provides Hair-Raising Scenarios of U.S. Vulnerabilities to Nuclear Attack Through 1970s.

Categories: Communism,Defense/Military,History,Homeland Security

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nukevault/ebb403/

Documents and analysis drawn from a declassified Defense Department report entitled A Historical Study of Strategic Connectivity 1950-1981 which reveals American vulnerabilities during the Cold War.  From the National Security Archive

 

Mikoyan’s Mission Impossible in Cuba: New Soviet Evidence on the Cuban Missile Crisis

Categories: Communism,Cuba,History,Russia

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB400/

A collection of documents that provide insights on Soviet thinking during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis.  From the National Security Archive

 

The Underwater Cuban Missile Crisis: Soviet Submarines and the Risk of Nuclear War

Categories: Communism,Cuba,Defense/Military,History,Nuclear Arms

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB399/

A collection of declassified documents that reveal  new details about the confrontation between the U.S. Navy and Soviet submarines during the Cuban Missile Crisis.  From the National Security Archive

 

Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969-1976, Volume 38, Part 1, Foundations of Foreign Policy, 1973-1976

Categories: Communism,Foreign Affairs,Headlines,History,Middle East Conflict

http://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76v38p1

Describes the efforts of the Nixon/Ford administration to develop a grand strategy in foreign policymaking.  From the State Department

 

The Jackson-Vanik Amendment and Candidate Countries for WTO Accession: Issues for Congress

Categories: Communism,Foreign Trade/Investment,Treaties

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RS22398.pdf

Considers whether former Communist countries which are now candidates for membership in  the World Trade Organization will be subject to the Jackson-Vanik Amendment which required countries to fulfill freedom of emigration conditions before they could receive normal trade relations status with the U.S.    From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

 

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