Weblinks   The Avalon Project—World War II http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/wwii/wwii.htm Yale Law School has ambitiously undertaken to collect and house digital documents relevant to the fields of law, history, economics, politics, diplomacy, and government. This site links you to documents relating to World War II. As Chapter 4 explains, the end of World War II generated much uncertainty and mistrust. While visiting the archive, read the text of the agreements reached at the Yalta Conference at which Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin tried to resolve territorial issues after World War II. Did the agreements reached at Yalta make the Cold War inevitable? Cold War http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/ Chapter 4 discusses the causes, characteristics, and the consequences of the Cold War. Learn more about the most recent great-power rivalry by exploring CNN’s award-winning, comprehensive, Cold War Web site. Navigate interactive maps of the nuclear testing sites in the American Southwest. Learn more about the key players and then play an interactive game to see which Cold War players you recognize. Hear sound bites and match them to the statesman who made them. Tour Cold War capitals through 3-D images. See espionage weapons and hear real-life spy stories. Race for the Superbomb http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bomb/sfeature/ index.html On this highly enlightening site, PBS re-creates the competition between the United States and the Soviet Union in their race to stockpile nuclear weapons. This Web site brings home many aspects of the Cold War rivalry discussed in Chapter 4. Have you ever wondered if you could survive a nuclear blast if a bomb exploded fifty miles away? Nuclear Blast Mapper will analyze the "zones of destruction" for any location. If you survived the blast, find out if you would survive the fallout. Then, take a virtual tour of a secret government bunker maintained as shelter for lucky congressmen in case of a nuclear attack. Not scared enough? Take a Panic Quiz to determine your panic quotient. Soviet Exhibit http://sunsite.unc.edu/expo/soviet.exhibit/entrance.html This Web site is a virtual tour of the Library of Congress’s Soviet Archives exhibit. Go to the first floor to see the Internal Workings of the Soviet System or proceed directly to the second floor to see the Soviet Union and the United States. Shuttle buses take you to other pavilions or let you visit the Restaurant. You can even leave messages for a current or future friend at the Post Office. The World War I Document Archive http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/ The World War I Military History List has assembled a group of primary documents from World War I. Read the treaties, peruse personal reminiscences, see photos, and access links to other resources. Chapter 4 puts forth theories concerning the cause of World War I. Some state that the switching alliances in Europe brought on the war. Others claim that the rational choices of individual German leaders who wanted to consolidate power led to a declaration of war. And finally, many assert that state factors, such as the rise of nationalism in Germany, were responsible for the war. After reading the documents in the archive, which theories do you think best explain the advent of World War I? The Age of Imperialism http://www.smplanet.com/imperialism/toc.html Chapter 6 begins with a discussion of European imperialism and its effects on the Global South. To extend your analysis of imperialism, review the Small Planet’s Web site. Recommended by the History Channel, this site chronicles American expansion in the Pacific, the Spanish-American War, the Boxer Rebellion, and U.S. intervention in Latin America. See historic photos of the battleship Maine, maps of the regions, and portraits of the participants. Read letters, anti-imperialist essays from the past, and cartoons. You can even download movie clips. Many U.S. citizens have trouble understanding the plight of the Global South. Use the following Web sites to familiarize yourself with these countries and the problems they face. Your might choose a country from each of the following regions: Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Using the Web sites listed here, compare and contrast each of the countries in terms of political and economic structures. Keep the following questions in mind: What type of government does each country have? Which industrial revolution has it experienced? What primary goods does each country import and export? Based on your findings, can you identify the biggest obstacles for each country in the development process? A-Bomb WWW Museum http://www.csi.ad.jp/ABOMB/index.html Visit this Japanese Web site for eyewitness accounts of the impact the first atomic bomb had on Hiroshima. The site includes pictures from the Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima that show the effect of the bombing and stories from survivors, many of them deeply disturbing. The A-Bomb WWW Museum was created as a perpetual reminder of the horrors of atomic bombing. It welcomes e-mail responses from all around the world. Atomic Bomb: Decision http://www.peak.org/~danneng/decision/decision.html This Web site houses the available documents on the decision to use atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Scan eyewitness accounts of the Trinity Test. Read what the individuals responsible for creating the bomb and for deciding to drop it had to say. See the official bombing order and hear an excerpt of President Truman’s radio speech announcing the decision. Based on what you have read and heard, do you think the United States should have dropped the bomb? Remembering Nagasaki http://www.exploratorium.edu/nagasaki/index.html A stunning Web site, Remembering Nagasaki presents the photographs of Japanese army photographer Yosuke Yamhata, who took pictures the day after the bomb was dropped. A public forum on issues related to the atomic age includes memories from people all over the world of the moment when they heard about the explosion of the bomb, discussion of the decision to drop the bomb, the question of how to tell history, and the ethical responsibilities of scientists. This is a truly fascinating site that explores the issues from all sides.