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Vintage Space. Forgotten Weapons. Restricted Data: The Nuclear Secrecy Blog. West Point Altas Collection. About Our Atlases In 1938 the predecessors of today's Department of History at the United States Military Academy began developing a series of campaign atlases to aid in teaching cadets a course entitled, "History of the Military Art. " Since then, the Department has produced over six atlases and more than one thousand maps, encompassing not only America’s wars but global conflicts as well. In keeping abreast with today's technology, the Department of History is providing these maps on the internet as part of the department's outreach program. The maps were created by the United States Military Academy’s Department of History and are the digital versions from the atlases printed by the United States Defense Printing Agency.

We gratefully acknowledge the accomplishments of the department's former cartographers, Mr. UNREDACTED. Governmentattic.org. The guide to languages, alphabets and other writing systems. State Department - Historical Documents. Center for the Study of Intelligence. CIA FOIA - Overview. The National Security Archive. Digital National Security Archive. Welcome to the information site for Digital National Security Archive. The Digital National Security Archive contains the most comprehensive set of declassified government documents available.

The resource now includes 42 collections consisting of over 103,000 meticulously indexed documents, with more than 719,000 total pages. Each of these collections, compiled by top scholars and experts, exhaustively covers the most critical world events, countries, and U.S. policy decisions from post World War II through the 21st century. Together, these collections offer unparalleled access to the defining international strategies of our time. Glossaries, chronologies, bibliographies, overviews, and photographs are included. On this site, you may read about the collections, request a trial, or contact us for additional information. Also availableCIA Family Jewels Indexed is a freely accessible, searchable subject index created by the National Security Archive and available on the DNSA site.

National Archives - World War II Records. World War II Photographs - War Archives Management System. WW2 People's War.

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Internet History Sourcebooks Project. Various course websites which reflect the use of IHSP documents. Western Civilisation Courses Core I: Western Civilisation to 1715 A website created for my 2004 course at UNF. This includes lecture/class outlines [Archived Version] Core II: Western Civilisation since 1715 A website created for my 2004 course at UNF. This includes lecture/class outlines [Archived Version] Modern History Course: The West: Enlightenment to Presents A page created for my Fall 1998 Modern History survey course at Fordham University, The West: From the Enlightenment to the Present.

European History and Historians I A website created for my 2004 course training graduate students how to teach introductory history courses. European History and Historians II A website created for my 2004 course training graduate students how to teach introductory history courses. Medieval History Courses Medieval Europe A website created for my 2004 course on Medieval Europe at UNF. World History Courses Themed Courses. History of Science Sourcebook. Human Space Flight (HSF) - Space History. Key Documents in the History of Space Policy. U.S. Shipbuilding History, Shipbuilding Statistics, Tim Colton. U.S. Army Center Of Military History. Naval History and Heritage Command. Air Force History - Home. Planes of the Past - A Tribute to Great Military Aircraft and Commercial Airliners of the Past. Avalon Project - Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy.

Wilson Center | Independent Research, Open Dialogue & Actionable Ideas. Cold War International History Project. The Vietnam Center and Archive: Virtual Vietnam Archive. Accessing the Virtual Vietnam Archive To search the Virtual Vietnam Archive, click "Search the Virtual Vietnam Archive" in the left column. Assistance with searching can be found in the Virtual Archive Tutorial, or on the help pages within the Virtual Archive.

Information about Virtual Archive availability can be found on the Virtual Archive Notes page. Copyright Unless otherwise noted, all items within the Virtual Vietnam Archive are © Copyright: The Vietnam Center and Archive at Texas Tech University. What is in the Virtual Vietnam Archive The Virtual Vietnam Archive currently contains over 4 million pages of scanned materials.

Types of material include documents, photographs, slides, negatives, oral histories, artifacts, moving images, sound recordings, maps, and collection finding aids. There are records in the Virtual Archive for copyrighted materials, but these items cannot be downloaded. The Virtual Archive is continuously growing, with new items added every day. Disclaimer To Use: National Archives - Vietnam War Records. Falklands War 1982 by Land, Sea and Air. Royal Navy and Naval History.Net. International Journal of Naval History | A Global Forum for Naval Historical Scholarship.