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How Stalin Elevated the Chinese Communist Party to Power in Xinjiang in 1949

Records recently added to DigitalArchive.org show that Soviet aid (along with military cunning, political skill and some luck) enabled the 1949 PLA invasion of Xinjiang.
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When Mao met Stalin, Xinjiang was on the negotiating table.
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The Political Dilemma: American-Egyptian Relations and the Postwar Petroleum Order

In Iran Contra's Cold War Shadows: A Correspondent's Murder, a Senator's Anger, a Mercenary's Secret

Conversations with Zhou Enlai: The Collection Continues to Grow

'A Man of Supreme Patience': Rajeshwar Dayal, Hammarskjöld's Envoy

West Germany's Secret Nuclear Assistance to Iran

The Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, built by West German companies, under construction in Iran.
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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
Pieter Biersteker
Editorial Assistant
Laura Deal
Digital Projects Librarian
Charles Kraus
Senior Program Associate, History and Public Policy Program
Kayla Orta
Program Assistant
Kian Byrne
Program Assistant