Start here to learn more about the events discussed in this chapter.
John Lewis Gaddis, The Cold War: A New History (2005), and Walter LaFeber, America, Russia, and the Cold War, 1945–2006, 10th ed. (2008). Excellent overviews of the Cold War from distinct perspectives.
John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America (1999). A thoughtful analysis of Soviet espionage.
W. J. Rorabaugh, Kennedy and the Promise of the Sixties (2002). A good starting point for Kennedy’s presidency.
Ellen Schrecker, Many Are the Crimes: McCarthyism in America (1998). An excellent, detailed account of the McCarthy period.
The Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest’s site, “The Cold War and Red Scare in Washington State,” at washington.edu/uwired/outreach/cspn/Website/Classroom Materials/Curriculum Packets/Cold War & Red Scare/Cold War and Red Scare.htm;, provides detailed information on how the Red Scare operated in one state.
The Woodrow Wilson International Center has established the Cold War International History Project at wilsoncenter.org/cwihp.