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Digital National Security Archive unlocks a vast trove of important declassified U.S. government documents, providing vital primary source material to advance research in twentieth and twenty-first century history, politics, and international relations.
Working in collaboration with the National Security Archive to preserve and widen access to this significant material, ProQuest has created a far-reaching, curated collection of U.S. official documents. More than 875,000 pages and approximately 140,000 documents respectively are included, with many gathered through extensive use of the U.S. Freedom of Information Act by The Archive.
The digitized documents are made available in over 56 topic-based collections, with two new collections added each year. The curation of each collection is overseen by subject-area scholars to ensure the material provides the most discerning coverage of the topic.
Supports twentieth-century studies
Researchers can directly access the original documents that shaped responses to crucial issues from post-World War II to the present.
Drives new insights
Through its effective search engine, DNSA allows users to unlock the hidden relationships revealed by these documents across subject areas and time periods, providing a new perspective on global issues.
Saves researchers' time and travel budget
Online access saves travel time and costs of sourcing and gathering dispersed documents.
Authoritative and reliable
Curated by scholars at The Archive, the resource provides the most complete version, available at the time, of each document, catalogued and indexed by librarians to ensure a rich and rewarding discovery experience.
Digital National Security Archive unlocks a vast trove of important declassified U.S. government documents, providing vital primary source material to advance research in 20th and 21st century history, politics, and international relations.
集合包含:
- 阿富汗:美国的政策,1973 - 1990
- The Berlin Crisis, 1958–1962
- China and the United States: From Hostility to Engagement, 1960–1998
- The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
- El Salvador: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1977–1984
- El Salvador: War, Peace, and Human Rights, 1980–1994
- Iran: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1977–1980
- The Iran-Contra Affair: The Making of a Scandal, 1983-1988
- Iraqgate: Saddam Hussein, U.S. Policy and the Prelude to the Persian Gulf War, 1980–1994
- Japan and the United States: Diplomatic, Security, and Economic Relations, 1960–1976
- Nicaragua: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1978–1990
- The Philippines: U.S. Policy during the Marcos Years, 1965–1986
- Presidential Directives on National Security, Part I: From Truman to Clinton
- South Africa: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1962–1989
- The Soviet Estimate: U.S. Analysis of the Soviet Union, 1947–1991
- U.S. Espionage and Intelligence, 1947–1996
- The U.S. Intelligence Community: Organization, Operations, and Management, 1947-1989
- U.S. Military Uses of Space, 1945–1991
- U.S. Nuclear History: Nuclear Arms and Politics in the Missile Age, 1955–1968
- U.S. Nuclear Non-proliferation Policy, 1945–1991
- Terrorism and U.S. Policy, 1968–2002
- Presidential Directives on National Security, Part II: From Truman to George W. Bush
- U.S. Policy in the Vietnam War, Part I: 1954-1968
- Death Squads, Guerrilla War, Covert Operations, and Genocide: Guatemala and the United States, 1954-1999
- U.S. Policy in the Vietnam War, Part II: 1969-1975
- Japan and the United States: Diplomatic, Security, and Economic Relations, 1977–1992
- The Kissinger Transcripts: A Verbatim Record of U.S. Diplomacy, 1969–1977
- The Cuban Missile Crisis Revisited: An International Collection of Documents, From the Bay of Pigs to the Brink of Nuclear War
- U. S. Intelligence on Weapons of Mass Destruction: From World War II to Iraq
- The Kissinger Telephone Conversations: A Verbatim Record of U.S. Diplomacy, 1969-1977
- Peru: Human Rights, Drugs, and Democracy: 1980-2000
- US Intelligence Community after 9/11
- The National Security Agency: Organization and Operations, 1945-2009
- The United States and The Two Koreas, 1969-2000
- The United States and the Two Koreas, Part II, 1969-2010
- Colombia and the United States: Political Violence, Narcotics, and Human Rights, 1948-2010
- US Intelligence and China: Collection, Analysis, and Covert Action
- Chile and the United States: U.S. Policy toward Democracy, Dictatorship, and Human Rights, 1970-1990
- Japan and the United States: Diplomatic, Security, and Economic Relations, Part III, 1961-2000
- Argentina, 1975-1980: The Making of U.S. Human Rights Policy
- CIA Covert Operations: From Carter to Obama, 1977-2010
- Mexico-United States Counternarcotics Policy, 1969-2013
- The Kissinger Conversations, Supplement: A Verbatim Record of U.S. Diplomacy, 1969-1977
- Electronic Surveillance: From the Cold War to the War on Terror
- CIA Covert Operations II: The Year of Intelligence, 1975
- U.S. Nuclear History, 1969-1976: Weapons, Arms Control, and War Plans in an Age of Strategic Parity
- The Kissinger Conversations, Supplement II: A Verbatim Record of U.S. Diplomacy, 1969-1977
- The President’s Daily Brief: Kennedy, Johnson, and the CIA, 1961-1969
- Targeting Iraq, Part 1: Planning, Invasion, and Occupation, 1997-2004
- Cuba and the U.S.: The Declassified History of Negotiations to Normalize Relations, 1959-2016
- CIA Covert Operations, Part III: From Kennedy to Nixon, 1961-1974
- U.S. Soviet Relations: Reagan, Gorbachev, Bush and the End of the Cold War, 1985-1991
- U.S. Nuclear Non-Proliferation 2, Part I: From Atoms for Peace to the NPT, 1954-1968
- U.S. Policy Toward Iran: From the Revolution to the Nuclear Accord, 1979-2015
- President's Daily Briefing, Part 2: Nixon and Ford —Coming Spring 2020
- Donald Rumsfeld Files (working title) —Coming Fall 2020
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