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The Peaceful End of the Cold War in Europe

New - November 8, 2009
Prague Communists Called for Wall to Open on November 8, 1989
East German Refugee Crisis in Embassies in Prague Turned Hardliners into Advocates for Change 20 Years Ago

Preview documents from Masterpieces of History: The Peaceful End of the Cold War in Europe, 1989, forthcoming from CEU Press:

November 7, 2009
Fall of Berlin Wall Caused Anxiety More than Joy at Highest Levels
Secret Documents Show Opposition to German Unification

October 9, 2009
A Different October Revolution
Dismantling the Iron Curtain in Eastern Europe


November 3, 2009
JFK Library Releases New Evidence on Diem Assassination

November 2, 2009
Know Thine Enemy: Why The Taliban Cannot Be Flipped
Foreign Affairs Features Article by Archive Analyst


October 30, 2009
Afghanistan Déjà vu?
Lessons from the Soviet Experience


Update - October 28, 2009
Secrets and Lies: The U.S. Embassy and Col. Plazas Vega

New Article at Semana.com Responds to Misperceptions on Both Sides of Colombia's Palace of Justice Case

October 22, 2009
Musicians Seek Secret U.S. Documents on Music-Related Human Rights Abuses at Guantanamo
National Security Archive Files FOIA Requests on Rock and Roll as 'Enhanced Interrogation' Technique

October 13, 2009
Nuclear Noh Drama
Tokyo, Washington and the Case of the Missing Nuclear Agreements

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