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The Myth of the Wilsonian Moment

Newly digitized sources at France's colonial archive and national library call into question the long running claim that Vietnamese communist leader Hồ Chí Minh experienced a "Wilsonian moment" during the Versailles Peace Conference.
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Hồ Chí Minh at the French Communist Party Congress, Marseille, 1921. Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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Call for Papers: Revisiting the Cold War on Taiwan

“An Explosion Occurred in Power Unit No. 4”: The Story of Chernobyl in Documents

The first photograph of Unit Four after the accident, shot from a helicopter by Chernobyl plant photographer Anatoly Rasskazov, at approximately 3.00pm on April 26 1986 (Anatoly Rasskazov/Ukrainian National Chernobyl Museum)

New Documentary Release on Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty

Call for Papers - NATO: Past and Present

How the Carter Administration Pursued Non-Proliferation Policies: A View from Apartheid South Africa

A signing ceremony for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act, March 1978. Source: National Archives and Records Administration, Identifier 178317.
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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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Publication Series

  • Working Papers

    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.

  • Document Readers

    Large collections of documents complied by the Cold War International History Project for scholarly conferences and events.

  • CWIHP Publication Indexes

    Publications are indexed by subject keyword and article title.

Experts & Staff

Christian F. Ostermann
Director, History and Public Policy Program; Cold War International History Project; North Korea Documentation Project; Nuclear Proliferation International History Project
Charles Kraus
Senior Program Associate, History and Public Policy Program
Pieter Biersteker
Editorial Assistant
Kian Byrne
Program Assistant