The Nuclear Weapons History section details the pivotal role nuclear weapons played during World War II, during the Cold War, and during the post Cold War era.

• Pre Cold War
  • Winston Churchchill's "Iron Curtain Speech"
  • Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  • Interim Committee
  • Manhattan Project

• Cold War
  • Introduction Cold War
  • Cuban Missile Crisis
  • US / Soviet Relations
  • Hydrogen Bomb
  • Oppenheimer Affair
  • Strategy

• Post Cold War
  • Smithsonian Controversy
  • India and Pakistan Conflict
  • Bipartisan Foreign Policy at a Time of Crisis Speech by Senator Joseph Biden

• Presidential Nuclear Policies & Events