This archive is a digitization of the original wire copies of AP journalists covering the Cold War from Vienna, Prague, and Warsaw, including editorials on important events like the Prague Spring, the Velvet Revolution, and the nuclear arms race.
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From Vienna, its chief listening post, and also from Prague and Warsaw, the AP covered Eastern Europe during the Cold War. Reporters rotated in and out of the Eastern bloc, writing about the declining influence of the Soviet Union, the last days of the Iron Curtain, and the political and economic restructuring of the former Soviet satellites.
Product Family:
Associated Press Collections OnlineReading Level: 1301L—+
Product Type: Primary Sources
Content Types: Manuscripts, Photographs & Images