This database offers the widest range of original source material from the Foreign Office, Colonial Office, War Office and Cabinet Papers from the 1917 Balfour Declaration through to the Black September war of 1970-1. Here major policy statements are set out in their fullest context, the minor documents and marginalia revealing the workings of colonial administration and, following the creation of the State of Israel in 1948, British diplomacy towards Israel and the Arab states.
Contains the full text more than 35,000 declassified documents involving U.S. foreign and military policy since 1945.
Includes collections on Afghanistan, Berlin Crisis 1958-1962, China and the US, Cuban Missile Crisis, El Salvador, Iran-Contra Affair, Intelligence Community, Iran Revolution, Military Uses of Space, Nicaragua, Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Philippines, South Africa, and US Espionage and Intelligence. New collections will be added yearly.
Each collection contains a diverse group of primary documents including presidential directives, memos, diplomatic dispatches, meeting notes, independent reports, briefing papers, White House communications, email, confidential letters, oral histories, and other secret material. Includes introductions with photograph, a chronology, glossary, and bibliography.
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Special collections & manuscript materials are handled according to special rules and procedures. Please consult Using RBMSCL for Research: A Tutorial before you request any items.