Cold War: References & Edit History
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Article revised. | Feb 18, 2026 | ||
| Added a quiz. | Jul 02, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 13, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Decolonization and the Cold War - Through a Caribbean Lens. | Dec 27, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The New York Times - The Blacklist and The Cold War. | Jun 08, 2024 | ||
| Corrected typo. | Apr 19, 2024 | ||
| Replaced photograph. | Nov 15, 2023 | ||
| Links added. | Nov 10, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Chemistry LibreTexts - The Cold War. | Nov 30, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: The National WWII Museum New Orleans - Cold Conflict. | Aug 23, 2022 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Mar 01, 2022 | ||
| Media added. | Jun 21, 2021 | ||
| Media added. | Mar 04, 2021 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Sep 10, 2020 | ||
| Media added. | Aug 28, 2020 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Jan 27, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: New Zealand History - The Cold War. | Jan 22, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: New Zealand History - The Cold War. | Jan 22, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Origins of the Cold War. | Jan 16, 2019 | ||
| Media Added. | Feb 17, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Alpha History - The Cold War. | Dec 04, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: U.S. Department of State - Office of the Historian - Containment and Cold War. | Jul 19, 2016 | ||
| Media added. | Jul 20, 2015 | ||
| Added video. | Mar 13, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: Federal Bureau of Investigation - World War, Cold War, 1939-1953. | Dec 26, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: New Zealand History - The Cold War. | Dec 26, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum - The Cold War. | Dec 26, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Cold War. | Dec 06, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - History - Cold War. | Dec 06, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Cold War. | Dec 06, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: NeoK12 - Educational Videos and Games for School Kids - Cold War. | Nov 03, 2011 | ||
| Added a quote from George Orwell in the introductory paragraph. | Jun 16, 2010 | ||
| Article restructured. | Aug 21, 2009 | ||
| Identified Orwell as first user of the term "cold war" and revised description of the circumstances of Baruch's use of the term in 1947. |
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Apr 14, 2009 | |
| Added new Web site: History Learning Site - The Cold War. | Jan 30, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Who Won The Cold War? | Nov 25, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - The Cold War: October 1951-1991. | Nov 25, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - General Cold War History. | Nov 25, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Dec 08, 2006 | ||
| Cross-references added. | Dec 08, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Library of Congress - Revelations from the Russian Archives. | Sep 29, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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