Digital National Security Archive
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
Database of the Week: Digital National Security Archive
Created in collaboration with the National Security Archive, this database is the most comprehensive collection available of significant primary documents central to U.S. foreign and military policy since 1945.
The resource now includes 31 collections consisting of over 80,000 indexed documents, with more than 500,000 total pages. Each of these collections, compiled by top scholars and experts, exhaustively covers the most critical world events, countries, and U.S. policy decisions from post World War II through the 21st century.
Collections include:
- Afghanistan: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1973-1990
- The Berlin Crisis, 1958-1962
- China and the United States: From Hostility to Engagement, 1960-1998
- The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
- Iran: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1977-1980, and more.
New Collections include:
Peru: Human Rights, Drugs and Democracy, 1980-2000
Also available: CIA Family Jewels Indexed - a freely accessible, searchable subject index created by the National Security Archive and available on the DNSA site. This index and its 67 full-text documents are not integrated into DNSA, but may be searched and browsed.