Annotated Bibliography 2015.docx

Secondary Sources

1) D'souza, Dinesh. "Ronald Reagan." History Net Where History Comes Alive World US History Online RSS. Web. 30 Oct. 2014.a) I used this source for history on Ronald Reagan. It helped me understand what background Reagan came from growing up. Its a secondary source because I found it on a website

2) "The End of the Cold War." Ushistory.org. Independence Hall Association, 2008. Web. 30 Oct. 2014.a. I used this source to help me understand how the cold war was brought to a close. This source is secondary because I found it on a website.

3) Anderson, Nick. "The Cold War Museum." Cold War Museum. Web. 30 Oct. 2014.a) I used this source to help me go more in depth with the history on the cold war. This source is a secondary because I found it on a website.

4) "Cold War." History.com. A&E Television Networks, Web. 30 Oct. 2014.a) This source was used for me to understand how the cold war began and how it ended. This was a secondary source found on a website.

5) "American Experience: TV's Most-watched History Series." PBS. PBS, Web. 30 Oct. 2014.a) I found this source on the cold war to help me understand who the leaders during the cold war were and how they influenced people. This is a secondary found on a website.

6) "Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev." Bio. A&E Television Networks, 2014. Web. 30 Oct. 2014.a) I used this source to help me understand the Russian leader during the cold war and how he lead his people. This is a secondary source I found on a website.

7) "Causes of the Cold War in 1945". HistoryLearningSite.co.uk. 2014. Web. 5 Nov. 2014.a) This source was used to help me better understand how the cold war was started and the causes that led up to it. This was a secondary source I found on a website.

8) "Ronald Reagan and Executive Power | Presidential Leadership in the Cold War." Ronald Reagan and Executive Power | Presidential Leadership in the Cold War. Web. 7 Nov. 2014.a) I used this source to help me understand how Reagan used his presidential power to help America get through the cold war. This is a secondary resource I found on a website.

9) "What Was the Cold War?" What Was the Cold War? Web. 12 Nov. 2014.a) This source was used to help me understand what the cold war was really about. It is a secondary source I found on a website.

10) Taylor Jr., Quintard. "United States History Timeline: Cold War." University of Washington. Web. 22 Dec. 2014.a) I used this source to know important dates during the cold war. It was a secondary source I found on a website.

11) Winkler, Allan M. The Cold War: A History in Documents. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2000. Print. a) I used the information to find important documents in the cold war. It is a secondary source from an author who studied the time period.

12) Strayer, Robert W. Why Did the Soviet Union Collapse?: Understanding Historical Change. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1998. Print.a) I used this source to figure out how and why the Soviet Union fell apart. This is a secondary source from an author who studied the Soviet Union.

13) Taylor, Jr., Quintard. "Timeline: Cold War." United States History:. University of Washington, Web. 29 Jan. 2015.a) I used this source to help me understand smaller but important issues during the cold war. This is a secondary source found on a website from a professor who studied the cold war.

14) "Communism vs Democracy." - Difference and Comparison. Web. 28 Jan. 2015.a) This source was used to help me comprehend the political and life views between two government systems. This is a secondary source that just explains politics.

15) "Alchin, Linda, L.K. "Cold War Timeline." Cold War Timeline. Web. 11 Feb. 2015.a) I used to source to help me understand small but important issues during the cold war. Its a secondary source found on a website.

Primary Sources

16) Hershberg, Jim. "The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962: Anatomy of a Controversy." The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962: Anatomy of a Controversy. Web. 25 Nov. 2014.a) I used this source to help me understand a very important part of the cold war which involved the nuclear missile crisis. This is a primary source I found on a website.

17) Isaacs, Jeremy, and Taylor Downing. Cold War: An Illustrated History, 1945-1991. Boston: Little, Brown, 1998. Print.a) I used this source to borrow some pictures for my research. Its a primary source book compiled with pictures from a person who was their to take those photos firsthand.

18) Topping, Seymour. On the Front Lines of the Cold War: An American Correspondent's Journal from the Chinese Civil War to the Cuban Missile Crisis and Vietnam. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State UP, 2010. Print.a) I used this source to get a perspective on how americans viewed the cold war. This is a primary source of first person accounts on what they saw during important times during the cold war.

19) Speakman, Jay. The Cold War. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven, 2001. Print.a) This source was used to help me know what political leaders viewed the tension during the cold war. It is a primary source.

20) Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich. Mikhail Gorbachev: The August Coup. London, Harpercollins, 1991. Print.a) This is a primary source I used to help me understand what Soviet leaders did when the USSR was collapsing and how they tried to stop it.

21) "The Cuban Missile Crisis at 50: What's Your Story? | NTI." NTI: Nuclear Threat Initiative. Web. 06 Feb. 2015.a) This source was used to help me know what the cuban missile crisis was during the cold war. Its a primary source from a person who saw the cuban missile crisis play out before their eyes and how it almost lead to world destruction.

22) Strayer, Robert W. Why Did the Soviet Union Collapse?: Understanding Historical Change. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1998. Print.a) I used this source to figure out how and why the Soviet Union fell apart. This is a primary source I found in a book from an author who studied the Soviet Unions decline as it happened. .