The U.S., Soviet Union, Canada, and all European countries (except Albania) signed the Helsinki Final Act on the final day of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE). Forty-five years ago, leaders from … Read more
Operation Mongoose involved a broad array of activities, including intelligence gathering, sabotage operations, the hunt for leaders inside Cuba who might be able to topple Cuban President Fidel Castro, and much more. The Cuban Plan, … Read more
Learn more about espionage during the American Revolution in the “Espionage That Created the Nation” exhibit. Here you will find a range of key sources on NATO, espionage and security during the Cold War. After … Read more
From 1946 to 1991 the United States, the Soviet Union, and their allies were locked into a long, tense conflict known as the Cold War. Historians disagree on a date, but it is widely believed … Read more
Project MKUltra: Unraveling the CIA’s Mind Control Experiments Project MKUltra, a covert CIA program that spanned from the 1950s to the 1970s, remains one of the most controversial and disturbing chapters in the history of … Read more
Unit 731 was a covert biological and chemical warfare research and development unit of the Imperial Japanese Army that operated during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) and World War II. It was established in 1938 … Read more
Communism, a political and economic doctrine, aims to replace private property and profit – based economies – with public ownership of means of production, public education, and public health and welfare. Marx, like most 19th-century … Read more