- You may go directly to these other decade pages:
- It's Groovy (The Seventies Page)
- Collection of links to culture and history of the Seventies Decade.
- 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.
- 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 Watergate Decade
- Excellent photographic essay on the Seventies, focusing on the "Watergate" debacle that resulted in the resignation from office by President Nixon in 1974. Brief historical notes are helpful. Also includes some photos from the Carter and Reagan administrations.
- Music Hits of the Seventies
- This recording company sells albums of Seventies hits. Click on the album catalog number for a list of the top hits of the Seventies, and a picture of the album cover!
- Hits of the Seventies and Eighties
- This recording company lists several songs that were top hits of the 70s and 80s. Each song tells how high it went on the hit charts. Note the other links to similar albums at the bottom of the page.
- 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.
- Through The Eyes Live...
- Photo documentary with many images of the music and musicians of the Seventies Decade.
- 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.
- 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.
- TV Single Dads: The Seventies
- The Seventies and the TV Single Dads' role is examined and documented here.
- The Seventies: Energy Urgency
- The Seventies from the point of view of the Nuclear Energy Industry.
- Oscars of the Seventies
- All about the winners (and nominees) of the Academy Awards of the Seventies.
- The Best Horror Films of the Seventies
- An essay. The title says it all!
- How anti-War protesters were killed at Kent State University.
- The Wall: Vietnam War Memorial
- Find out about the memorial to the veterans of the Vietnam War. Information on the memorial, its meaning, and the war itself.
- International War Crimes
- From the diary of a witness to Vietnam War Crimes.
- Organizing Veterans & War Crimes
- How the vets exposed Vietnam War crimes.
- My Lai Commemoration Campaign
- The My Lai Commemoration Campaign (MLCC) has a collection of information about the My Lai massacre.
- The Anti-war and New Left Movements
- Government stifles the 1st Amendment during war.
- COINTELPRO Helped Destroy the Movements
- The government against the Anti-War Movement.
- Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW)
- One of the most visible Anti-War groups.
- Veterans Organizations & Support Groups
- Support resources for the Vets.
- Images of War
- Personal stories of events of the war.
- The VietNam Pictures Archive
- Many different kinds of pictures from Vietnam.
- Viet Nam
- Lots of different links to information about Vietnam.
- Vietnam, antiwar comic
- By former Georgia legislator, Julian Bond.
- A Visit to Vietnam
- Vietnam veterans return to the country.
- Vietnam Information
- Lots more links to information about contemporary Vietnam.
- Vietnam: Yesterday and Today
- Understanding Vietnam--as it was then and as it is now.
- Vietnam Veterans
- Honoring Vietnam Veterans living and dead, on either side of the conflict.
- Responding to McNamara
- A pacifist religious group and truths about the war recently revealed.
- Vietnam Report
- From a recent series of international conferences.
- Vietnam War Resources
- Links to information.
- Vietnam Memoirs
- A view from the vets.
- The Vietnam I remember
- One former soldier's graphic witness to war.
- My Journey to Vietnam
- A U.S. Navy seaman's story aboard ship in Vietnam.
- Images of My War
- Memories of a retured soldier's experiences in the service. Covers the time period between 1967 to 1975.
- Street Kids of Vietnam
- The after-effects of the war and the children.
- Two exhibits:
- CAIN: Conflict Archive on the Internet
- A clearinghouse for information on international conflicts.
- Joseph Stalin
- A key person in Soviet and Communist History.
- Stalin, Willi Munzenburg, and the Seduction of the Intellectuals
- A book review about Communist subversion of the West.
- Repression and Terror: Stalin in Control
- In the 1920s, Joseph Stalin set the stage for gaining absolute power by employing police repression against opposition elements within the Communist Party.
- 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.
- Senator Joseph McCarthy
- Audio (and other) files from the McCarthy Era and the Cold War.
- McCarthyism essay
- A brief introduction to McCarthyism.
- The Impact of McCarthyism
- What happened to those who were "different".
- An Air Force for Crises and Lesser Conflicts
- An official government sponsored report.
- National Guard in the Post-Cold War Era
- An official government sponsored report.
- Military Strategy and Force Posture
- An official government sponsored report.
- Deterring Regional Aggressors
- An official government sponsored report.
- U.S. and Japan After the Cold War
- 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.
- A huge collection of links to all things nuclear.
- Decision: Hiroshima-Nagasaki
- How it was decided to drop The Bomb.
- Leo Szilard Home Page
- An anti-Bomb physicist shares secret information.
- Nagasaki Journey
- A photo essay on the atomic bomb blast at Nagasaki, Japan.
- Enola Gay
- The aircraft that dropped The A-Bomb is memorialized.
- T R A C E S
- A place to learn about radiation effects.
- Becoming Death: FilmNotes
- Film series: Cinema & the Atomic Age.
- Fifty From Trinity
- Links to events of the development of the nuclear age.
- Atomic Age at 50
- Experts reflect on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, aftermath and future.
- Bureau of Atomic Tourism
- Visit sites where A-weapons have been exploded.
- Radiation Effects Research
- Information about medical effects of radiation on humans.
- New Nuclear Infrastructure
- Report to the government on nuclear presence.
- Reducing Nuclear Danger
- U.S. Department of Energy planning document.
- The U.S. Nuclear Weapons Cost Study Project
- True cost of atomic weapons is estimated.
- Executive Summary: Atomic Costs
- The government's asssessment of nuclear costs.
- Atomic Audit
- Cost of the U.S. nuclear arsenal.
- Nuclear Weapons: Effects and Survival
- Pictures and sound files.
- Eliminating Weapons of Mass Destruction
- How it might be done.
- You may go directly to these other decade pages:
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