General Information On the Sixties

Bands and Artists by Decade
Brief lists of music recording groups, listed according to the decade in which they were popular.
Cycles of U.S. History - Present Cycle (1943 - Present)
"This is, of course, our very own cycle. Beginning with the birth of our version of the idealist generation, the Baby Boomers (approximately 1943), and continuing to this very day."
Chronology of San Francisco Rock 1965-1969
San francisco was a major center of Rock music in the Sixties. Many of the popular bands lived there (Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, etc.) Many other groups and performers came to perform at the top venues: Fillmore Auditorium, Winterland, and the Avalon Ballroom, plus a number of other clubs and halls.
The Digger Archives
An unusual, influential Sixties group which revolutionized life and culture in the S.F. Haight-Ashbury, spreading to other areas of the U.S.
History of CounterCulture
How the "generation gap" developed.
It's Groovy (The Seventies Page)
Collection of links to culture and history of the Seventies Decade.
Minority Studies Page
Huge collection of links to information about minority groups, with an emphasis on Civil Rights and history of their struggles.
The Nixon links
President Richard Nixon's political career spanned more than three decades (50's - 70's). This page attempts to link to information about this remarkable man and his times. (Also includes links to realted people, i.e., V.P. Agnew.)
The Psychedelic Sixties
Emphasis is on the artistic and literary influences on the American Sixties. This exhibition from the University of Virginia is well documented with images from that period, and traces the roots to the 19th Century of Emerson, Thoreau and Whitman.
The Sixties
The Sixties were a revolutionary, turbulent time of great social and technological change!
Straight From The Sixties
Subtitle: What Conservatives Owe the Decade They Hate. Article by one of the experts on the Sixties, Todd Gitlin.
Sixties Rock: An Overview
The story of the Rock music that accompanied the Decade of the Sixties. Many links to the bands, musicians and songwriters of this influential period. Helps to understand the social and political upheaval of the times.
Sixties Project: Primary Document Archive and Manifesto Project
Statements and goals in the words of the groups and organizations that worked for social and political change are available here. Be sure to scroll down the page to see what is avialable.
The Rock (and Sixties and late Eras)) Photos of Robert Altman
Many rock stars and groups, as well as historic events of the Sixties, are shown in the photos of photographer Robert Altman.
Rock Photography of Niels van Iperen
Photos of Rock stars, groups, and events, beginning in the Sixties and continuing. Search, browse, or scan alphabetically by name.
Photos From The Sixties Decade
Photographer's collection of photos from the Sixties era available here.
Television News Archive
The Television News Archive has systematically recorded, abstracted, and indexed national television newscasts since 1968. Although there is limited full-text here, it is excellent as a starting point, and as a timeline of modern history. Go to a particular date, and read the transcript of what was covered on the evening TV news that night.
This Day In Rock & Roll History
People and events of Rock & Roll History are listed day by day. You can also request a particular date to see what happened.
Viet Nam Generation, Inc.
The 1960s and the Viet Nam war.
A Visual Journey: Photographs by Lisa Law (1965-1971)
This photographic exhibition examines themes from the 1960s counterculture. It was created to help "better understand that era within its own cultural context."
 

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Cold War & Soviet Union Resources

An Air Force for Crises and Lesser Conflicts
An official government sponsored report.
CAIN: Conflict Archive on the Internet
A clearinghouse for information on international conflicts.
Cold War Hot Links:
Many Web reources relating to the Cold War
Cold War: Postwar Estrangement
The postwar split examined.
Cuba History Archives
Lots of information about Cuba, from the Communist Revolution onward, both the U.S. and Cuban viewpoints.
Deterring Regional Aggressors
An official government sponsored report.
Human Radiation Experiments
Report on U.S. military secret use of civilians for experiments.
Intelligence and CounterIntelligence
How spying played a big part in the Cold War.
Joseph Stalin
A key person in Soviet and Communist History.
Joseph Stalin, Willi Munzenburg, and the Seduction of the Intellectuals
A book review about Communist subversion of the West.
Joseph Stalin in Control, Repression and Terror
In the 1920s, Joseph Stalin set the stage for gaining absolute power by employing police repression against opposition elements within the Communist Party.
McCarthy, Senator Joseph
Audio (and other) files from the McCarthy Era and the Cold War.
McCarthyism essay
A brief introduction to McCarthyism.
McCarthyism, The Impact of
What happened to those who were "different".
Military Strategy and Force Posture
An official government sponsored report.
National Guard in the Post-Cold War Era
An official government sponsored report.
Soviet Archives Exhibit at the Library of Congress
Two exhibits are available:

1) "Internal Workings of the Soviet System", covers internal politics and aspects of Soviet reality that were hidden or falsified in official propaganda.
2) "The Soviet Union and the United States", shows how Soviet-American relations were conducted between governments, between the publics of the two countries, and between the Communist parties of the USSR and the USA.

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Nuclear Weapons & Nuclear War Resources

Atomic Age at 50
Experts reflect on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, aftermath and future.
Atomic Audit
Cost of the U.S. nuclear arsenal.
Atomic Homepage
A huge collection of links to all things nuclear.
Becoming Death: FilmNotes
Film series: Cinema & the Atomic Age.
Bureau of Atomic Tourism
Visit sites where A-weapons have been exploded.
Decision: Hiroshima-Nagasaki
How it was decided to drop The Bomb.
Eliminating Weapons of Mass Destruction
How it might be done.
Enola Gay
The aircraft that dropped The A-Bomb is memorialized.
Executive Summary: Atomic Costs
The government's asssessment of nuclear costs.
Fifty From Trinity
Links to events of the development of the nuclear age.
Leo Szilard Home Page
An anti-Bomb physicist shares secret information.
Nagasaki Journey
A photo essay on the atomic bomb blast at Nagasaki, Japan.
New Nuclear Infrastructure
Report to the government on nuclear presence.
Nuclear Weapons: Effects and Survival
Pictures and sound files.
Radiation Effects Research
Information about medical effects of radiation on humans.
Reducing Nuclear Danger
U.S. Department of Energy planning document.
T R A C E S
A place to learn about radiation effects.
The U.S. Nuclear Weapons Cost Study Project
True cost of atomic weapons is estimated.
 

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