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Sources and Methods

A blog of the History and Public Policy Program

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Sources and Methods presents fresh archival evidence and new insights into contemporary international history.

Modern Korean History

North Korea Revelations from the Polish Archives: Nukes, Succession and, Security

Apr 08, 2019
 // Marek Hańderek

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Nuclear History

Sources on China's Nuclear History

Apr 15, 2019
 // Lei Liu
The 1961 Belgrade Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement. Image: Creative Commons/Wikimedia.
Cold War

The Non-Aligned Movement and the North-South Conflict

Apr 15, 2019
 // Jürgen Dinkel
Cold War

US-Iran Relations: The Scowcroft Transcripts

Apr 01, 2019
 // Andrew Scott Cooper
Image courtesy of the San Diego State University Network Television News Research Archive Special Collection.
Cold War

Brazil’s Cold War History: Disputed Territory

Mar 19, 2019
 // John Martin
Gorbachev and Reagan sign the INF Treaty on December 8, 1987. Source: Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, ARC Identifier 198588.
Nuclear History

Forgotten Parties to the INF

Mar 04, 2019
 // Mariana Budjeryn, Ambassador Steven E. Steiner
U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger with Indian Prime Minister, October 1974. Source: Library of Congress cph.3b13867/Wikimedia Commons.
Nuclear History

Leaked Cables: Allende, Kissinger, Moynihan, and the Indian Nuclear Bomb

Mar 04, 2019
 // Debak Das
Post-Cold War

'At the very heart of Europe': New Evidence on John Major's Foreign Policy

Mar 01, 2019
 // Stephan Kieninger
Cold War

Mexico, the United States, and the Onset of the Nicaraguan Revolution

Feb 04, 2019
 // Gerardo Sánchez Nateras
A behind the scenes shot of the 1954 Tōhō film Gojira, showing the original Godzilla as an ancient radiation-breathing monster awakened by the hydrogen bomb. Released months after the Lucky Dragon accident during the Castle Bravo test, the movie spoke to Japan's victimization by nuclear weapons." Source: Wikimedia Commons.
Nuclear History

The Origins of Japan’s 'Nuclear Allergy'

Jan 28, 2019
 // Shi-Lin Loh
President Jimmy Carter is interviewed in 1980. Source: NLC-WHSP-C-17314, Jimmy Carter Library.
Archives

An Underutilized Bonanza: Using Existing Oral Histories vs. Conducting One’s Own Interviews

Jan 22, 2019
 // Liviu Horovitz
Kim Il Sung introduces Lê Thanh Nghị to North Korea's experience with building caves.
Modern Korean History

North Korean Military Engineer Regiment Helped Build Secret Underground Headquarters Complex during the Vietnam War

Jan 22, 2019
 // Merle Pribbenow
A photo ID card issued to a young Vladimir V. Putin by the Stasi. Source: BStU, MfS, BV Dresden, HA KuSch, Nr. 7216, pp. 4a-4b.
Cold War

Vladimir Putin’s Stasi ID: A Press Sensation and Its Historical Reality

Dec 17, 2018
 // Douglas Selvage