Cold War International History Project

What can scholars do to prepare for researching in China? How can scholars mitigate the bureaucratic constraints on research, while identifying and exploiting archival opportunities? Based on experiences at 25 different Chinese archives, Charles Kraus offers an in-depth overview of researching the history of the People's Republic of China.

Researching the History of the People’s Republic of China

By: Charles Kraus

China’s False Allegations of the Use of Biological Weapons by the United States during the Korean War

Peking University School of Medicine faculty evaluate germ samples in 1952.

China’s False Allegations of the Use of Biological Weapons by the United States during the Korean War

By: Milton Leitenberg

Nuclear History

Nuclear Illusions and Protectorate Reality

Nuclear History

The Key to Nuclear Restraint

Sport in the Cold War Podcast

Taiwan’s Cold War in Southeast Asia

The Wang Sheng Papers at the Hoover Institution Archives

Taiwan’s Cold War in Southeast Asia

By: Hsiao-ting Lin

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Syria's 1956 Request for Soviet Military Intervention

By: Yair Even

Chinese Foreign Policy Database

The Cold War International History Project supports the full and prompt release of historical materials by governments on all sides of the Cold War, and seeks to accelerate the process of integrating new sources, materials and perspectives from the former "Communist bloc" with the historiography of the Cold War. // Read more

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The Cold War International History Project Working Paper Series is designed to provide a speedy outlet for historians who have gained access to newly-available archives and sources and would like to share their results.
e-Dossiers

Cold War International History Project “e-Dossiers” present new and important accessions to the CWIHP Digital Archive. New documents are added to the Digital Archive and introduced by leading scholars of Cold War history, who provide background and context for this new archival evidence.
CWIHP Bulletin

The Cold War International History Project's flagship publication.
CWIHP Book Series

Cold War International History Project books published by Woodrow Wilson Center Press with Stanford University Press.
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Large collections of documents complied by the Cold War International History Project for scholarly conferences and events.
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